A fossil Scrub-Jay supports a recent systematic decision

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 675-680

  Emslie, Steven D ^a  

^a WESTERN STATE COLORADO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; fossil; late Pliocene; Scrub Jay

Indexed keywords

APHELOCOMA; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS COERULESCENS; CITRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030474031     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369850     Document Type: Article

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