Reidentification of a Pleistocene " Salmo " as the first fossil Gadus from Canada
The genus Gadus is recorded for the first time from a Canadian Pleistocene deposit. The fossil skull was previously tentatively identified as an Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar? There now appears to be no record of Salmo salar from the Pleistocene.
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Zoology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1971
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z71-065 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z71-065 |
Summary: | The genus Gadus is recorded for the first time from a Canadian Pleistocene deposit. The fossil skull was previously tentatively identified as an Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar? There now appears to be no record of Salmo salar from the Pleistocene. |
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