Pumiliornis tessellatus n. gen. n. sp., a new enigmatic bird from the Middle Eocene of Grube Messel (Hessen, Germany)

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 216, 1999, Pages 75-83

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Eocene; Messel; Rhynchaeites messelensis

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

GERMANY;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLUMBIFORMES; GRUIFORMES; PUMILIORNIS; PUMILIORNIS TESSELLATUS; RHYNCHAEITES MESSELENSIS;

EID: 0033367320     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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