The oldest European fossil songbird from the early Oligocene of Germany

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 173-177

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Manegold, Albrecht ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; OLIGOCENE; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCENE; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; EUROPE; FOSSILS; GERMANY; SONGBIRDS; TIME;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRAUENWEILER; GERMANY;

AVES; MYA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TYRANNI;

EID: 2442685255     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0509-9     Document Type: Article

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