A new family for a long known but undescribed acanthopterygian fish from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy: Sorbiniperca scheuchzeri gen. and sp. nov.

Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 521-540

  Tyler, James C ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthopterygian; Eocene; Fish; Fossil; Italy; Monte Bolca

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FISH; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

BERYCIFORMES; CAPROIDAE; PERCOMORPHA; SORBINIPERCA; SORBINIPERCA SCHEUCHZERI; TETRAODONTIFORMES; ZEIFORMES;

EID: 0032430730     PISSN: 00129402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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