On the systematic position of the Middle Eocene swift Aegialornis szarskii Peters 1985 with description of a new swift-like bird from Messel (Aves, Apodiformes)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 5, 1999, Pages 312-320

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Peters, Dieter Stefan ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APODIDAE; APODIFORMES; APUS APUS; AVES;

EID: 0001394866     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/1999/1999/312     Document Type: Article

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