The oldest fossil cichlids (Teleostei: Perciformes): Indication of a 45 million-year-old species flock

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1468, 2001, Pages 679-684

  Murray, A M ^a  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Eocene; Species flock

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; SPECIES FLOCK;

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTORY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TELEOST;

TANZANIA;

CICHLIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035820310     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1570     Document Type: Review

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