Avian evolution, Gondwana biogeography and the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction event

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1466, 2001, Pages 459-469

  Cracraft, J ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian evolution; Biogeography; Cretaceous Tertiary extinction; Gondwana; Neornithes

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EVOLUTION; GONDWANA; MASS EXTINCTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FOWL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATITE;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CAPRIMULGIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; GRUIFORMES; NEORNITHES; PALAEOGNATHAE; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035819804     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1368     Document Type: Article

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