Fishes and palaeogeography of the African drainage basins: Relationships between Chad and neighbouring basins throughout the Mio-Pliocene

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 274, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 134-139

  Otero, Olga ^a   Pinton, Aurélie ^a   Mackaye, Hassan Taisso ^b   Likius, Andossa ^b   Vignaud, Patrick ^a   Brunet, Michel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

^c Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Miocene; Palaeobiogeography; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA;

ARIIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 62849092459     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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