On the osteology and phylogenetic affinities of the Pseudasturidae - Lower Eocene stem-group representatives of parrots (Aves, Psittaciformes)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 715-729

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eocene; Fossil birds; Phylogeny; Pseudasturidae; Psittaciformes; Stem group

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MYA; PSEUDASTURIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 0036895014     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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