A new species of eagle (Aves: Accipitridae) close to the Steppe Eagle, from the Pleistocene of Corsica and Sardinia, France and Italy

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 272, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 121-148

  Louchart, Antoine ^a   Bedetti, Claudia ^b   Pavia, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquilo nipalennsis; Aquilo nipoloides n. sp; Corsica; Pleistocene; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE;

CORSE; FRANCE; ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 38349186865     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/272/2005/121     Document Type: Article

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