A new eocene Chascacocolius-like mousebird (Aves: Coliiformes) with a remarkable gaping adaptation

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-171

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chascacocolius cacicirostris n. sp.; Coliiformes; Eocene; Fossil birds; Gaping; Processus retroarticularis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; EOCENE; NEW SPECIES; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

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

AVES; CHASCACOCOLIUS; CHASCACOCOLIUS CACICIROSTRIS; CHASCACOCOLIUS OSCITANS; COLIIFORMES; ICTERIDAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 23744496734     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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