Early Pliocene otolith assemblages from the outer-shelf environment reveal the establishment of mesopelagic fish fauna over 3 million years ago in southwestern Taiwan

Abstract Understanding the diversity of deep-sea fish fauna based on otoliths in the tropical and subtropical West Pacific has been limited, creating a significant knowledge gap regarding regional and temporal variations in deep-sea fish fauna. To address this gap, we collected a total of 122 bulk s...

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Main Authors: Chien-Hsiang Lin, Siao-Man Wu, Chia-Yen Lin, Chi-Wei Chien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-09-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00288-0