New enantiornithine bird from the marine Upper Cretaceous of Alabama

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 170-174

  Chiappe, Luis M ^a   Lamb Jr , James P ^b   Ericson, Per G P ^c  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; NEW RECORD;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 23044533856     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0170:NEBFTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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