Iberomesornis romerali (Aves, Ornithothoraces) reevaluated as an Early Cretaceous enantiornithine

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 365-395

  Sereno, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; SKELETON;

EID: 0006886762     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/215/2000/365     Document Type: Article

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