Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 56(1) 2013
Issue:
VOL 56(1) 2013
DOI:
10.3409/azc.56_1.41
Keywords:
Cyprinids, osteological material, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene, archaeological excavations
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History of the fossil carp fishes (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in Ukraine
Abstract:
This paper presents the checklist of fossil cyprinids discovered on the territory of Ukraine. The purpose of the study was to summarize all literature and field palaeoichthyological data from 36 heterochronous Ukrainian localities. The investigated material originated from the Late Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene and Holocene sediments. Nearly 34 carp fish species in 18 genera are listed here. The list shows the main palaeohydrological changes in Ukraine of the last 9 Ma.
