A new Cypselomorph bird from the middle Eocene of Germany and the early diversification of avian aerial insectivores

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 342-352

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cypselomorphae; Fossil birds; Paleogene avifauna; Phylogeny; Protocypselomorphus manfredkelleri gen. et sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

APODIFORMES; APUS APUS; AVES; CAPRIMULGIDAE; GALLIFORMES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NYCTIBIIDAE; PASSERI;

EID: 18844391249     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7596     Document Type: Article

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