Giants in a minute catfish genus : first description of fossil Mochokus (Siluriformes, Mochokidae) in the Late Miocene of Chad, including a new species, M. gigas sp. nov.

Aurélie Pinton (1) , Olga Otero (1) , Andossa Likius (2) , Hassan T. Mackaye (2) , Patrick Vignaud (1) , Michel Brunet (1, 3)

1 IPHEP - Institut International de Paléoprimatologie, Paléontologie Humaine : Évolution et Paléoenvironnement
2 Departement de Paleontologie [Université de N'Djaména]
3 Collège de France - Chaire Paléontologie Humaine

Domains: Paleontology

Aurélie Pinton, Olga Otero, Andossa Likius, Hassan T. Mackaye, Patrick Vignaud, et al.. Giants in a minute catfish genus : first description of fossil Mochokus (Siluriformes, Mochokidae) in the Late Miocene of Chad, including a new species, M. gigas sp. nov.. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2011, 31 (1), pp.22-31. ⟨10.1080/02724634.2011.539648⟩. ⟨hal-00594634⟩