Revision of the scombroid fishes from the Cenozoic of England

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Earth Sciences

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 445-489

  Monsch, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

fossils; London Clay Formation; Scombroidei; taxonomic revisions

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CARANGIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; SCOMBERESOX SAURUS SAURUS; SCOMBROIDEI; SPHYRAENODUS;

EID: 21044436136     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300001164     Document Type: Article

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