Biostratigraphyof the Tsondab sandstone (Namibia) based on gigantic avian eggshells

Geobios

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 85-98

  Pickford, Martin ^b,c,d   Senut, Brigitte ^d   Dauphin, Yannicke ^a  

^a URA 723 CNRS   (France)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIRD; EGG; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TSONDAB SANDSTONE;

NAMIBIA, NAMIB DESERT;

EID: 0028864895     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80205-3     Document Type: Article

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