Fossil songbirds (Passeriformes) from the Early Eocene of Australia

Emu

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-50

  Boles, Walter E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

BIRD; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PASSERIFORMES;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, MURGON;

EID: 0030614117     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU97004     Document Type: Article

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