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Mesozoic clupeomorphs of North Africa : diversity and phylogeny |
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| Creator | Bouziane Khalloufi, Didier Dutheil, Paulo Brito, Theo Mora and Rene Zaragueta Bagils |
| Title | Mesozoic clupeomorphs of North Africa : diversity and phylogeny |
| Publisher | Mahasarakham University |
| Publication Year | 2560 |
| Journal Title | Research & Knowledge |
| Journal Vol. | 3 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 46-49 |
| Keyword | Clupeomorpha, Cretaceous, North Africa |
| ISSN | 2408 - 204X |
| Abstract | Clupeomorpha, nowadays represented among others by herrings, anchovies and sprats, possess a fossil record extended back at least to early Cretaceous. Until Eocene, they were mainly represented by Ellimmichthyiformes, an extinct clade of double and triple armored forms encountered in marine and continental environments. In North Africa, four Cretaceous localities have yielded clupeomorph remains. At least nine species of clupeomorphs were present in North Africa during Late Cretaceous, in a large variety of palaeoenvironments. The next step of this study is the inclusion of the taxa (re)described herein into a computer-based phylogenetic analysis. |
