Fossil that fills a critical gap in avian evolution

Nature

Volumn 409, Issue 6817, 2001, Pages 181-184

  Norell, Mark A ^a   Clarke, Julia A ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; NEW TAXON;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; FOWL; LIZARD; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONGOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; MONGOLIA;

APSARAVIS; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035843131     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35051563     Document Type: Article

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