Phylogenetic position of Mononykus (Aves: Alvarezsauridae) from the late cretaceous of the Gobi desert

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 557-582

  Chiappe, Luis M ^a   Norell, Mark A ^a   Clark, James M ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Cretaceous; Homology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AVAREZSAURIDAE; BIRD; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; MONONYKUS; PHYLOGENY;

MONGOLIA, GOBI DESERT;

EID: 0030433272     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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