Fossil honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) from the Late Tertiary of Riversleigh, north-western Queensland

Emu

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Boles, Walter E ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; PASSERINE; TERTIARY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; RIVERSLEIGH; WORLD;

ARGYROSOMUS REGIUS; AVES; LICHENOSTOMUS; MELIPHAGA; MELIPHAGIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 18444402482     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU03024     Document Type: Review

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