Fossil gap analysis supports early Tertiary origin of trophically diverse avian orders

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-326

  Bleiweiss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATIGRAPHY;

CENOZOIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; FOSSIL RECORDS; GAP ANALYSIS; MID-CRETACEOUS; PALEOCENE;

BIRDS;

BIRD; CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; TERTIARY; GAP ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031597320     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0323:FGASET>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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