A re-analysis of the marine bird Asiahesperornis from northern Kazakhstan

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 947-953

  Dyke, Gareth J ^a   Malakhov, Dmitry V ^b   Chiappe, Luis M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Institute of Geological Sciences Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

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

Author keywords

Diving birds; Hesperornithiformes; Kushmurun; Maastrichtian

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOZOIC; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

AVES; HESPERORNITHIFORMES;

EID: 33751114721     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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