An Extraordinary Gobioid Fish Fossil from Southern France

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Gierl, Christoph ^a   Reichenbacher, Bettina ^a   Gaudant, Jean ^b   Erpenbeck, Dirk ^a   Pharisat, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Museum G CUVIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BUTIDAE; CHATTIAN; ELEOTRIDAE; EUROPE; FISH; FOSSIL ANIMAL; FRANCE; GOBIOID; MADAGASCAR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCENE; OTOLITH; PALEONTOLOGY; SALINITY; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOSSILS; FRANCE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84877772385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064117     Document Type: Article

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