First fossil record of a finfoot (Aves: Heliornithidae) and its biogeographical significance

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 732-736

  Olson, Storrs L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; FOSSIL; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD;

LEE CREEK MINE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; FULICA; HELIORNIS; HELIORNITHIDAE; ISTHMIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0942267427     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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