Extinct ostrich eggshell (Aves: Struthionidae) from the Pliocene Chiwondo Beds, Malawi: Implications for the potential biostratigraphic correlation of African Neogene deposits

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 489-496

  Stidham, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Chiwondo; Eggshell; Malawi; Ostrich

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLIOCENE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HOMINIDAE; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIDAE; STRUTHIONIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942434506     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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