Oldest fossil avian remains from the Indian subcontinental plate

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1266-1269

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Rana, Rajendra S ^b   Sahni, Ashok ^c   Smith, Thierry ^d  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avian; Early Eocene; Fossils; Vastanavis eocaena

Indexed keywords

AVES; OTIDIDAE;

EID: 34249674453     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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