New fossil ratite (Aves: Palaeognathae) eggshell discoveries from the Late Miocene Baynunah Formation of the United Arab Emirates, Arabian Peninsula

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Bibi, Faysal ^a   Shabel, Alan B ^b   Kraatz, Brian P ^b   Stidham, Thomas A ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Arabia; Biogeography; Biostratigraphy; Ootaxa; Parataxonomy

Indexed keywords

AEPYORNITHIDAE; AVES; PALAEOGNATHAE;

EID: 33344457155     PISSN: 10948074     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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