Cretargentina chapmani
Aus WORLDFISH WIKI
Species: †Cretargentina chapmani
Name
†Cretargentina chapmani Taverne, 2013
- Holotype: Ap 13.
Type locality and horizon: Upper Santonian marine Apricena, Foggia, Gargano Promontory, Puglia, southern Italy. The Santonian is dated 83-86.6 my ago.
Etymology: The species name is dedicated to the American ichthyologist Wilbert McLeod Chapman (1910-1970) who devoted many of his works to the osteological study of Argentiniformes.
References
- Taverne, L. 2013. Les poissons du Santonien (Crétacé supérieur) d’Apricena (Italie du Sud). 6°. Cretargentina chapmani gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Argentiniformes)". Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 37: 73–80. PDF Zitatseite