Neornithine bird coracoid from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia

Ameghiniana

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 245-248

  Agnolin, Federico L ^a   Novas, Fernando E ^a   Lio, Gabriel ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 33646455494     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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