Description of a new Eocene osteoglossid fish and additional information on †Singida jacksonoides Greenwood and Patterson, 1967 (Osteoglossomorpha), with an assessment of their phylogenetic relationships

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 213-228

  Murray, Alison M ^a   Wilson, Mark V H ^b  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heterotidinae; Heterotinae; Mahenge; Osteoglossinae; Osteology

Indexed keywords

JACKSONOIDES; OSTEOGLOSSIDAE; OSTEOGLOSSOMORPHA; PISCES;

EID: 20444500545     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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