Lithornithid birds (Aves, Palaeognathae) from the Lower Palaeogene of Denmark

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 375-381

  Kristoffersen, Anette Vedding ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aves; Denmark; Lithornithiformes; Palaeoecology; Palaeogene; Palaeognathae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGENE;

DENMARK;

EID: 0033503281     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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