First atlantic record on the Puffin Cerorhinca (Aves, Alcidae) from the Pliocene of North Carolina

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1039-1042

  Smith, N Adam ^a   Olson, Storrs L ^b   Clarke, Julia A ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; PLIOCENE; SEABIRD;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ALCIDAE; AVES; CERORHINCA;

EID: 38149064326     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[1039:FAROTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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