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December 1980
Vol. 10, Fasc. 1
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PalaeovertebrataVol. 10, Fasc. 1:1-28. 1980
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Les Otolithes de téléostéens du Miocène de Montpeyroux (Herault),France).
Dirk Nolf and Henri Cappetta
Keywords: Miocene; Montpeyroux; Otolithes; teleostean fish
 

Cite this article: Nolf D., Cappetta H., 1980. Les Otolithes de téléostéens du Miocène de Montpeyroux (Herault),France). Palaeovertebrata 10 (1): 1-28.

Abstract

Sieving and washing of about 700 kg of sediment from the miocene site at Montpeyroux produced otoliths of 34 teleost species, of which four still occur in the present day fauna or are near to extant species. Among the fossil species, eight are new : Ilisha lerichei, «genus Clupeidarum ›› orbiculatus, Dipulus mediterraneus, Morone cornuta, Chanda nelsoni, Pomadasys steurbauti, «genus Sciaenidarum ›› barthassadensis and Paraplagusia roseni. The fauna found is typical for a tropical or subtropical very littoral, probably even estuarine environment; it was living in a period near the boundary between Lower and Middle Miocene, perhaps somewhat earlier. 



Published in Vol. 10, Fasc. 1 (1980)

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