The fish assemblage associated with the Late Miocene Chadian hominid (Toros-Menalla, Western Djurab) and its palaeoenvironmental significance

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 292, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 21-51

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

Chad; Fish; Miocene; Palaeodiversity; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951564981     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/292/2010/21     Document Type: Article

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