A new Eocene swift-like bird with a peculiar feathering

Ibis

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 382-391

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE; FEATHER; FOSSIL; NEW TAXON;

GERMANY;

APODIFORMES; APUS APUS; AVES; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0012593847     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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