New specimens of the early Eocene stem group galliform Paraortygoides (Gallinuloididae), with comments on the evolution of a crop in the stem lineage of Galliformes

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fossil birds; Galliformes; Paraortygoides messelensis; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE; MESSEL;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; PARAORTYGOIDES; PARAORTYGOIDES MESSELENSIS;

EID: 31344468790     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0006-8     Document Type: Article

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