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Famennian chondrichthyan microremains from Morocco and Sardinia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Claire Derycke ,
Claudia Spalletta ,
Maria Cristina Perri  and
Carlo Corradini
Claire Derycke
Affiliation:
Université Lille 1, Laboratoire Géosystèmes (UMR 8157 CNRS) UFR des Sciences de la Terre - bâtiment SN5 59655 Villeneuve D'ascq Cedex, France,
Claudia Spalletta
Affiliation:
Dipartimento Di Scienze Della Terra E Geologico-Ambientali, Universita' Degli Studi Di Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, I-40126 Bologna, Italy, ,
Maria Cristina Perri
Affiliation:
Dipartimento Di Scienze Della Terra E Geologico-Ambientali, Universita' Degli Studi Di Bologna, Via Zamboni 67, I-40126 Bologna, Italy, ,
Carlo Corradini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento Di Scienze Della Terra, Universita' Di Cagliari, Via Trentino 51, I-09127 Cagliari, Italy,
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Abstract

New material from the Famennian of Morocco in the southern Maider comprises chondrichthyan teeth (Thrinacodus, Cobelodus, Denaea, Stethacanthus), actinopterygian remains (scales, teeth and hemilepidotrichium) and one acanthodian scale. The absence of crushing teeth suggests deeper water environments for the Maider Basin than the Tafilalt Basin. Vertebrate microremains from the Famennian of Sardinia, including Siamodus and Jalodus teeth, are illustrated and described. Ichthyofaunal relationships of the North Gondwanan platform during the Famennian are examined.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 82 , Issue 5 , September 2008 , pp. 984 - 995
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