What controls the freshwater fish fossil record? A focus on the Late Cretaceous and Tertiary of Afro-Arabia

Cybium

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-113

  Otero, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Afro Arabia; Climate; Fossil record; Freshwater fish; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955117030     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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