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Freshwater Stingrays Of The Green River Formation Of Wyoming (Early Eocene), With The Description Of A New Genus And Species And An Analysis Of Its Phylogenetic Relationships (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes)

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DE CARVALHO, MARCELO R., MAISEY, JOHN G., GRANDE, LANCE (2004): Freshwater Stingrays Of The Green River Formation Of Wyoming (Early Eocene), With The Description Of A New Genus And Species And An Analysis Of Its Phylogenetic Relationships (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2004 (284): 1-136, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2004)284<0001:FSOTGR>2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0090%282004%29284%3C0001%3AFSOTGR%3E2.0.CO%3B2

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