First fossil record of a swift from Geiseltal (Aves: Apodiformes);Erstnachweis eines seglers aus dem Geiseltal (Aves: Apodiformes)

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 211-212

  Peters, Dieter Stefan ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aegialornis broweri; Aegialornithidae; Apodiformes; Eocene; Geiseltal; Hemiprocnidae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOSSIL; NEW RECORD;

APODIFORMES; APUS APUS; AVES; HEMIPROCNIDAE;

EID: 0344673526     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03042770     Document Type: Article

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