Relationships, adaptations, and habits of the extinct duck 'Euryanas' finschi

Notornis

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-18

  Worthy, Trevor H ^a   Olson, Storrs L ^a  

^a Palaeofaunal Surveys   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Chenonetta jubata; Euryanas finschi; Finsch's duck; New Zealand; Relationships; Skeletal description

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EXTINCTION; SKELETON; WATERFOWL;

NEW ZEALAND;

AIX SPONSA; ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; CHENONETTA; CHENONETTA FINSCHI; CHENONETTA JUBATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036523606     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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