Fish remains from the Plio-Pleistocene Shungura Formation, Omo River basin, Ethiopia |
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| Authors: | Kathlyn M Stewart Alison M Murray |
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| Institution: | a Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D., Ottawa, ON K1P 6P4, Canada
b Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Thousands of vertebrate fossils have been recovered from the lower Omo River Valley, in southern Ethiopia, however, fishes have been poorly reported. Here we describe fossil fish remains deriving from the Shungura Formation, part of the Omo Group of deposits ranging in date from 1.8 to 3.4 my. Two new species are reported, Sindacharax omoensis (Characiformes) and Lates arambourgi (Perciformes), which suggest greater diversity of these genera than previously documented. |
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| Keywords: | Africa Omo River Plio-Pleistocene Fossil fish Sindacharax Lates |
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