Petrel-like birds with a peculiar foot morphology from the oligocene of germany and belgium (aves: Procellariiformes)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 667-676

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Peters, D Stefan ^a   Rietschel, Siegfried ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MORPHOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; TAXONOMY;

BELGIUM; GERMANY;

AVES; DIOMEDEOIDES; DIOMEDEOIDES BRODKORBI; DIOMEDEOIDES LIPSIENSIS; DIOMEDEOIDES MINIMUS; FREGETTA; FRIGIDAFONS; NESOFREGETTA; NESOFREGETTA FULIGINOSA; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 0037136749     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0667:PLBWAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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