The foot of a bird from the Eocene Redbank Plains Formation of Queensland, Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-29

  Vickers Rich, P ^a   Molnar, R E ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dromornithid; Eocene; Fossil bird; Queensland; Redbank Plains Formation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DROMORNITHID; EOCENE; FOOT; LOCOMOTION; SYSTEMATICS;

AUSTRALIA,QUEENSLAND,BRISBANE;

EID: 0030473541     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115519608619220     Document Type: Article

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