Fish remains, mostly otoliths, from the non-marine early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 319-350

  Schwarzhans, Werner ^a   Scofield, R Paul ^b   Tennyson, Alan J D ^c   Worthy, Jennifer P ^d,e   Worthy, Trevor H ^d,e  

^a Canterbury Museum ^*  (Germany)

^b CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^c MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eleotridae; freshwater; Galaxiidae; Mataichthys; Miocene; New Zealand; otoliths; Pisces; Retropinnidae

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FAUNA; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MIOCENE; NOMENCLATURE; OTOLITH; SKELETON; SKULL; SOFT ROCK; TAXONOMY;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 80052767191     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0127     Document Type: Article

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