Parrots in a nutshell: The fossil record of Psittaciformes (Aves)

Historical Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-238

  Waterhouse, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fossil birds; Parrots; Pseudasturidae; Psittacidae; Psittaciformes

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; ENGLAND; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 33746545580     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960600641224     Document Type: Article

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