First fossil occurrence of a filefish (Tetraodontiformes; Monacanthidae) in Asia, from the Middle Miocene in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan

Zootaxa

Volumn 3786, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 382-400

  Miyajima, Yusuke ^a   Ohe, Fumio ^b   Koike, Hakuichi ^c   Matsuoka, Hiroshige ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinshushinmachi Fossil Museum ^*  (Japan)

^c Shinshushinmachi Fossil Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluterus; Bessho Formation; Filefish; Japan; Middle Miocene; New species

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FIN (ORGAN); FISH; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; JAPAN; REVIEW; SKULL;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOSSILS; JAPAN; SKULL;

EID: 84898480200     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3786.3.7     Document Type: Review

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