Liaoxiornis delicatus gen. et sp. nov., the smallest Mesozoic bird

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 834-838

  Hou, Lianhai ^a   Chen, Peiji ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Early bird; Evolution of birds; Mesozoic

Indexed keywords

AVES; CONFUCIUSORNIS;

EID: 0000187063     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02885031     Document Type: Article

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