A new psittaciform bird from the London Clay (Lower Eocene) of England

Palaeontology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 271-285

  Dyke, Gareth J ^a,d   Cooper, Joanne H ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; PULCHRAPOLLIA; PULCHRAPOLLIA GRACILIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034190549     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00126     Document Type: Article

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