New trogons from the early Tertiary of Germany

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 512-518

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL; NEW SPECIES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE; MESSEL; WORLD;

AVES; PRIMOTROGON; PRIMOTROGON WINTERSTEINI; TROGON; TROGONIFORMES;

EID: 22744458271     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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