A new genus of tiny condor from the Pleistocene of Brazil (Aves: Vulturidae)

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Alvarenga, Herculano M F ^a   Olson, Storrs L ^b  

^a Museu de Historia Natural de Taubate   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; RAPTOR;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CATHARTES; CATHARTES BURROVIANUS; CATHARTIDAE; GYMNOGYPS; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA; VULTUR;

EID: 3342989689     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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