Ophidion Version 1

Ebersole, Jun A.; Cicimurri, David J.; Stringer, Gary L.; Jacquemin, Stephen J.; Ciampaglio, Charles N.

Entry 7.040

Volume 7

Issue 40

Chapter 7: Fossil Otoliths of Alabama

Version 1

Osteichthyes

Ophidiiformes

Ophidiidae

Ophidion

Cenozoic

Neogene

https://doi.org/10.69737/GGLE1724

https://doi.org/10.69737/OGWS2985

https://doi.org/10.69737/VEWZ2146

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