A new species of the pufferfish Eotetraodon (Tetraodontiformes, Tetraodontidae) from the Eocene of the Northern Caucasus

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 526-530

  Bannikov, A F ^a   Tyler, J C ^b  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eocene; New taxa; Northern Caucasus; Russia; Tetraodontidae; Tetraodontiformes

Indexed keywords

TETRAODONTIDAE; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

EID: 52049097363     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0031030108050080     Document Type: Article

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