A new species of catfish (Claroteidae, Chrysichthys) from an Eocene crater lake in East Africa

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 983-993

  Murray, Alison M ^a   Budney, Lisa A ^b  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL FUELS; GEOPHYSICS; LAKES;

DORSAL SPINES;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CRATER LAKE; EOCENE; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0141527301     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-031     Document Type: Article

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