The deep divergences of neornithine birds: A phylogenetic analysis of morphological characters

Cladistics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 527-553

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Clarke, Julia ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; APSARAVIS; AVES; CATHARTIDAE; CICONIIFORMES; FALCONIDAE; FALCONIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; GAVIIDAE; GRUIDAE; GRUIFORMES; HESPERORNIS; ICHTHYORNIS; NEORNITHES; PALAEOGNATHAE; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PODICIPEDIDAE; SAGITTARIIDAE; STEATORNIS CARIPENSIS; STEATORNITHIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TROGONIDAE; TROGONIFORMES;

EID: 0346965602     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2003.tb00387.x     Document Type: Article

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