A remarkable new genus of Tetraodontiform fish with features of both Balistids and Ostraciids from the Eocene of Turkmenistan
A new genus and species of tetraodontiform fish, Eospinus daniltshenkoi, is described from the Lower Eocene of Turkmenistan (Danatinsk Formation). It is referred to the Balistoidea because it has three large dorsal-fin spines; the pelvic fin reduced to a rudimentary but prominent structure apparentl...
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Main Author: | Tyler, James C., 1935- |
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Other Authors: | Bannikov, A. F. |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Smithsonian Institution Press,
1992.
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Physical Description: |
iii, 14 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
Series: |
Smithsonian contributions to paleobiology ;
no. 72. |
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Online edition |
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