An ornithurine bird from the late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Longrich, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TISSUE CULTURE;

ALULAR METACARPAL; ORNITHURINE BIRD; ORNITHURINE SYNAPOMORPHIES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

BIRD; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; DIVING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; NEORNITHES;

EID: 33744551925     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-091     Document Type: Article

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