Phylogeny, origin and biogeography of catfishes: Support for a Pangean origin of 'modern teleosts' and reexamination of some Mesozoic Pangean connections between the Gondwanan and Laurasian supercontinents

Animal Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-351

  Diogo, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biogeographical distribution; Catfish origin; Cretaceous; Gondwana; Laurasia; Mesozoic; Ostariophysi; Palaeobiogeography; Pangea; Phylogeny; Siluriformes; Tectonics; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; FISH; GONDWANA; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY;

CATFISH; OSTARIOPHYSI; SILURIDAE; SILURIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 11944251524     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1570756042729546     Document Type: Article

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