Protoavis and the early evolution of birds

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 254, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 1-100

  Chatterjee, Sankar ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Birds; Evolution; Protoavis; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETON; SKULL; TRIASSIC;

EID: 0002390347     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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