Two New Otolith-Based Sciaenid Species of the Genus Plagioscion from South American Neogene Marine Sediments

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1133-1138

  Aguilera, Orangel ^a   Rodrigues De Aguilera, Dione ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEOGENE; NEW SPECIES; OTOLITH; SIZE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; VENEZUELAN BASIN;

INVERTEBRATA; OTOLITHES; PERCIFORMES; PLAGIOSCION; PLAGIOSCION MARINUS; PLAGIOSCION URUMACOENSIS; SCIAENIDAE; VERTEBRATA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 0344962420     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<1133:TNOSSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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