Bird eggshell in Dominican amber

Palaeontology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1381-1383

  Poinar Jr , George ^a   Voisin, Claire ^b   Voisin, Jean François ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Bird eggshell; Dominican amber; Fossil hummingbird; Trochilidae

Indexed keywords

AMBER; BIRD; EGGSHELL; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

AVES; GASTROPODA; SQUAMATA; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36348945841     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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