A tody (Alcediniformes: Todidae) from the early oligocene of Germany

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1294-1304

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Knopf, Charles W ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Evolution; Fossil birds; Palaeotodus

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGENE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIMEN BANK; TAXONOMY; WATERFOWL; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREATER ANTILLES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; MOMOTIDAE; TODIDAE;

EID: 36448986734     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1294:ATATFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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