Phylogenetic affinities and composition of the Early Eocene Gracilitarsidae (Aves, ?Piciformes)

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORIS (PERCIFORM); MIRABILIS; PICIDAE; PICIFORMES;

EID: 13844275334     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2005/2005/1     Document Type: Article

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