New specimens of the early Eocene frigatebird Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae), with the description of a new species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1046, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Olson, Storrs L ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroshige ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eocene; Fossil birds; Fregata; Fregatidae; Frigatebirds; Limnofregata; Paleoecology; Pelecaniformes; Sexual dimorphism; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

FREGATIDAE; PELECANIFORMES;

EID: 33745269542     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1046.1.1     Document Type: Review

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