A rare window into a back-reef fish community from the middle Miocene (late Badenian) Medobory Hills barrier reef in western Ukraine, reconstructed mostly by means of otoliths

Abstract The Medobory Hills barrier reef in western Ukraine represents a unique environment during the late Badenian that existed for a relatively brief time. Here, we describe 170 specimens of otoliths and scarce skeletal elements that were collected in the back-reef environment of the central part...

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Main Authors: Werner Schwarzhans, Oleksandr Klots, Tamara Ryabokon, Oleksandr Kovalchuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-11-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-022-00261-3