First fossil record of an amiid fish (Halecomorphi, Amiidae) from the Latest Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina, and comments on the status of Pappichthys patagonica AMEGHINO, 1906 (Teleostei, Osteoglossidae)

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre

Volumn 80, Issue , 2010, Pages 163-170

  Bogan, Sergio ^a   Taverne, Louis ^b   Agnolin, Federico L ^a,c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b Résidence Les Platanes ^*  (Belgium)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Late cretaceous amiidae; Neogene osteoglossidae; Pappichthys patagonica

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BONE; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; FOSSIL RECORD; NEOGENE; NEW RECORD; NOMENCLATURE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TELEOST; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

AMIA; AMIIDAE; HALECOMORPHI; OSTEOGLOSSIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 79960224094     PISSN: 03746291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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