A partial skeleton of an enantiornithine bird from the early Cretaceous of northwestern China

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 423-434

  Lamanna, Matthew C ^a   You, Hai Lu ^b   Harris, Jerald D ^c   Chiappe, Luis M ^d   Ji, Shu An ^b   Lü, Jun Chang ^b   Ji, Qiang ^b  

^a SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; China; Cretaceous; Enantiornithes; Xiagou formation; Xinminpu group

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU;

AVES; ENANTIORNITHES;

EID: 33748912407     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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