Fossil ceratioid anglerfishes (Teleostei: Lophiiformes) from the miocene of the Los Angeles Basin, California

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 996-1008

  Carnevale, Giorgio ^a   Pietsch, Theodore W ^b   Takeuchi, Gary T ^c   Huddleston, Richard W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^d Scientific Research Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; METAMORPHOSIS; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APOGON; BOROPHRYNE; CERATIOIDEA; CHAENOPHRYNE; LEPTACANTHICHTHYS GRACILISPINIS; LINOPHRYNE; LINOPHRYNIDAE; LOPHIIFORMES; MOHNIA; ONEIRODES; ONEIRODIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 52649096526     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/07-113.1     Document Type: Article

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