A Jurassic fish from Antartica

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2495

By

Schaeffer, Bobb, 1913-2004

Elliot, David H.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, [1972]

Notes

Title from caption.

"June 30, 1972."

Specimens collected by David H. Elliot.

"The first Mesozoic actinopterygian fishes from Antarctica were discovered in lacustrine interbeds within the Lower Jurassic Kirkpatrick Basalt, in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land. Except for an enigmatic patch of scales, all the specimens collected are assigned to a new genus and species, Oreochima ellioti, which is placed in the pholidophoriform family Archaeomaenidae. Prior to this discovery, the archaeomaenids were known only from Lower Jurassic continental deposits of Australia"--P. [1].

Subjects

Antarctica , Fishes, Fossil , Jurassic , Oreochima ellioti , Paleontology , Victoria Land

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2495, 1972

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/74153633
OCLC: 828794