Three new fossil landbirds from the early Paleogene of Denmark

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-85

  Dyke, Gareth J ^a   Waterhouse, David M ^a   Kristoffersen, Anette V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Eocene; Fossil birds; Mousebirds; Neornithes; Swifts

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844386165     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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