Fossil Storks (Ciconiidae) from the Late Eocene and Early Miocene of Egypt

Ostrich

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-26

  Miller, Ellen R ^a,b   Rasmussen, D Tab ^b   Simons, Elwyn L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CICONIIDAE; CICONIIFORMES; LEPTOPTILOS;

EID: 0005243022     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00306525.1997.9633976     Document Type: Article

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