New specimens of the early Oligocene Old World hummingbird Eurotrochilus inexpectatus

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-111

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eurotrochilus inexpectatus; Fossil birds; Hummingbirds; Oligocene; Trochilidae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COLONIZATION; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 33846048504     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-006-0108-y     Document Type: Article

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