The birds of the Djurab Pliocene faunas, Chad, Central Africa;Les oiseaux du Pliocène inférieur du Djourab, Tchad, Afrique centrale

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 413-421

  Louchart, Antoine ^a   Mourer Chauviré, Cécile ^a   Taisso Mackaye, Hassane ^b   Likius, Andossa ^b   Vignaud, Patrick ^c   Brunet, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE N'DJAMENA   (Chad)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Anseriformes; Aves; Chad; Ciconiiformes; Pelecaniformes; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOSSIL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; DJURAB; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANATINAE; ANHINGA MELANOGASTER; ANSERINAE; CICONIIDAE; LEPTOPTILOS; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 12544249522     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/175.4.413     Document Type: Article

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