Taxonomic status of the specimens of Archaeopteryx

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 961-965

  Senter, Phil ^a   Robins, James H ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

ARCHAEOPTERYX; ARCHAEOPTERYX LITHOGRAPHICA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1242299732     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/22     Document Type: Article

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