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New fossil cichlid from the middle Miocene of East Africa revealed as oldest known member of the Oreochromini
A new genus and species of fossil cichlid fishes of middle Miocene age (12.5 Ma) is described from the Ngorora fish Lagerstätte (Tugen Hills, Kenya) in the East African Rift Valley. Parsimony analysis of morphological characters using published phylogenetic frameworks for extant cichlids combined wi...
Autores principales: | Penk, Stefanie B. R., Altner, Melanie, F. Cerwenka, Alexander, Schliewen, Ulrich K., Reichenbacher, Bettina |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6629881/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31308387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46392-5 |
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