The birds from the paleocene fissure filling of walbeck (Germany)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 394-408

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BONE; FISSURE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCENE; PHYLOGENY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

AVES; CARIAMAE; CHARADRIIFORMES; GRUIFORMES; LITHORNITHIDAE; MAMMALIA; PALAEOGNATHAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 34447123309     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[394:TBFTPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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