Pliocene cyprinids (Cypriniformes, Teleostei) from Kunlun Pass Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau and their bearings on development of water system and uplift of the area

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-500

  Wang, Ning ^a   Chang, Mee mann ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Development of water system; Gymnocypris; Kunlun Pass Basin of northeastern Tibetan Plateau; Pliocene; Schizothoracini; Uplift of the area

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; EAST KUNLUN; FRESHWATER FISHES; HUMID CLIMATES; PLIOCENE; QIANGTANG; QINGHAI LAKE; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WATER SYSTEM; YELLOW RIVER;

LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

WATERWORKS;

CYPRINID; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; UPLIFT;

CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GYMNOCYPRIS; GYMNOCYPRIS ECKLONI; GYMNOCYPRIS PRZEWALSKII; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77952481758     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-0048-5     Document Type: Article

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