Euroceros bulgaricus gen. nov., sp. nov. from Hadzhidimovo (SW Bulgaria) (Late Miocene) - the first European record of Hornbills (Aves: Coraciiformes)

Geobios

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-49

  Boev, Zlatozar ^a   Kovachev, Dimitar ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b NONE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aves; Bucerotidae; Bulgaria; Ground hornbills; Late Miocene

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRANIUM; FOSSIL; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERTIARY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; BUCEROTIDAE; BUCORVUS; CORACIIFORMES; HIPPARION; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846864939     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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