The Mesozoic radiation of birds

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2002, Pages 91-124

  Chiappe, Luis M ^a   Dyke, Gareth J ^b  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Birds; Evolution; Extinction; Feathers; Flight; Mesozoic; Origin; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTION; MESOZOIC; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036926662     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.33.010802.150517     Document Type: Review

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