Review of the fossil pufferfish genus Archaeotetraodon (Teleostei, Tetraodontidae), with description of three new taxa from the Miocene of Italy;Révision du genre tétraodon fossile Archaeotetraodon (Teleostei, Tetraodontidae), avec description de trois nouveaux taxons du Miocène d'Italie

Geobios

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 283-304

  Carnevale, Giorgio ^a   Tyler, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeotetraodon; Fossil record; New species; Paleoecology; Teleostei; Tetraodontidae

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TELEOST;

ITALY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE;

TELEOSTEI; TETRAODONTIDAE; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

EID: 77953686563     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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