A new paraclupeid fish (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from a muddy marine pro-delta environment: Middle Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation, Alberta, Canada)

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 775-790

  Hay, Michael J ^a,b   Cumbaa, Stephen L ^c   Murray, Alison M ^c,d   Plint, A Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Talisman Energy Inc   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ECOSYSTEMS; FISH; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

MARINE SPECIES; SEA WATER TEMPERATURE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CENOMANIAN; FISH; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SEAWATER; SHORELINE; SKELETON; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALBERTA; ASIA; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLUPEOMORPHA; ELLIMMICHTHYIFORMES; PARACLUPEIDAE;

EID: 34848882220     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E07-002     Document Type: Article

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