Anatomy of the primitive bird Sapeornis chaoyangensis from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning, China

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 731-747

  Zhou, Zhonghe ^a   Zhang, Fucheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

BIRDS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

ANATOMY; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

CHINA;

EID: 0042066634     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-011     Document Type: Article

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