New evidence indicates the presence of barracuda (Sphyraenidae) and supports a tropical marine environment in the Miocene of Madagascar

• Michael D. Gottfried ,

  * E-mail: gottfrie@msu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8809-5734

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• Karen E. Samonds,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, United States of America

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• Summer A. Ostrowski,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Tsiory Harimalala Andrianavalona,

  Affiliation Département de Paléontologie et d’Anthropologie Biologique, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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• Tolotra Niaina Ramihangihajason

  Affiliation Département de Paléontologie et d’Anthropologie Biologique, Université d’Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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