Late Eocene and early Oligocene teleost and associated ichthyofauna of the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum, Egypt

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 711-724

  Murray, Alison M ^a  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Channidae; Characiformes; Cichlidae; Egypt; Fayum; Latidae; Siluriformes

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FISH; ICHTHYOFAUNA; OLIGOCENE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; EL FAIYUM [EGYPT]; NORTH AFRICA;

CATFISH; CENTROPOMIDAE; CHANNIDAE; CHARACIFORMES; CICHLIDAE; LATIDAE; PISCES; SILURIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 2542500708     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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