Discovery of fossil Nemacheilids (Cypriniformes, Teleostei, Pisces) from the Tibetan Plateau, China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 714-727

  Wang, Ning ^a   Chang, Mee mann ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Kunlun Pass Basin; Nemacheilidae; northeastern Tibetan Plateau; Pliocene; Triplophysa

Indexed keywords

KUNLUN PASS BASIN; NEMACHEILIDAE; PLIOCENE; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TRIPLOPHYSA;

BONE; SEA LEVEL;

WATERWORKS;

BONE; FISH; FOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL; STREAMWATER; TAPHONOMY;

CHINA; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

CYPRINIFORMES; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84860681394     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4368-5     Document Type: Article

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