A small suboscine-like passeriform bird from the early Oligocene of France

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 717-720

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Manegold, Albrecht ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Early Oligocene; Fossil birds; Passeriformes; Suboscines

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TYRANNI;

EID: 33748062306     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[717:ASSPBF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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