A chicken-sized crane precursor from the early Oligocene of France

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 389-393

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW TAXON; OLIGOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ARTICLE; BIRD; FOSSIL; FRANCE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PARVIGRUS POHLI; SKELETON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; FOSSILS; FRANCE; MANDIBLE; SKULL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LUBERON; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARAMIDAE; ARAMUS GUARAUNA; AVES; GRUES; GRUIDAE; PARVIGRUIDAE; PARVIGRUS; PARVIGRUS POHLI;

EID: 27644444178     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0007-8     Document Type: Article

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