Abstract
Examination of specimens of topotypic Pseudodontichthys whitei Skeels (1962) reveals that these are not gnathal plates of a chondrichthyan fish but gnathal lobes of the mandibles of a phyllocarid crustacean.
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January 01, 1966
The supposed fish Pseudodontichthys Skeels, 1962, is the phyllocarid crustacean Dithyrocaris
W. D. Ian Rolfe
Robert H. Denison
Publisher: Paleontological Society
First Online:
03 Mar 2017
Online ISSN: 1937-2337
Print ISSN: 0022-3360
GeoRef, Copyright 2004, American Geological Institute. Reference includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Journal of Paleontology (1966) 40 (1): 214–215.
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First Online:
03 Mar 2017
Citation
W. D. Ian Rolfe, Robert H. Denison; The supposed fish Pseudodontichthys Skeels, 1962, is the phyllocarid crustacean Dithyrocaris. Journal of Paleontology 1966;; 40 (1): 214–215. doi:
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