A second enantiornithean (Aves: Ornithothoraces) wing from the Early Cretaceous Xiagou Formation near Changma, Gansu Province, People's Republic of China

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 547-554

  Harris, Jerald D ^a   Lamanna, Matthew C ^b   You, Hai Lu ^c   Ji, Shu An ^c   Ji, Qiang ^c  

^a DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; ECOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ENANTIORNITHEAN DIVERSITY; TAIWAN; TAXON;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; WING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU;

AVES;

EID: 33746607639     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-007     Document Type: Article

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