New specimens of a fossil ostrich from the Miocene of Kenya

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 391-394

  Leonard, Leona M ^a   Dyke, Gareth J ^a   Walker, Cyril A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aves; Fort Ternan; Hind limb bones; Kenya; Middle Miocene; Ngorora; Palaeognathae; Struthio

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BONE; FOSSIL; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; FORT TERNAN; KENYA; NYANZA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; STRUTHIO; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS CAMELUS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS SYRIACUS;

EID: 33746042193     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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