A new snake mackerel from the Miocene of Algeria

Palaeontology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 391-403

  Carnevale, Giorgio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algeria; Chelifichthys goujeti; Gempylidae; Late Miocene; Messinian; Perciformes; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIATOMITE; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SKELETAL REMAINS; SNAKE;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA;

GEMPYLIDAE; NEALOTUS; REXEA; REXICHTHYS;

EID: 33745944039     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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