The late Oligocene birds of the Créchy quarry (Allier, France), with a description of two new genera (Aves: Pelecaniformes: Phalacrocoracidae, and Anseriformes: Anseranatidae)

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 303-315

  Mourer Chauviré, Cécile ^a   Berthet, Didier ^b   Hugueney, Marguerite ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Museum d'Histoire Naturelle   (France)

Author keywords

Anseranatidae; Anserifomes; Aves; Biostratigraphy; France; Late Oligocene; New taxa; Paleogeography; Pelecaniformes; Phalacrocoracidae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOSSIL; NEW GENUS; OLIGOCENE;

ALLIER; AUVERGNE; CRECHY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANSERANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; ANSERPICA KILIANI; AVES; BORVOCARBO GUILLOTI; CHRISTIA; PELECANIFORMES; PHALACROCORACIDAE;

EID: 14244251365     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043473     Document Type: Article

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