Paleogene fossils and the radiation of modern birds

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1049-1054

  James, Helen F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; FOSSIL; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOGENE;

AVES;

EID: 28744458233     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[1049:PFATRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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