A small galliform bird from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation, northwestern Denmark

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 55, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-63

  Lindow, Bent E K ^a,b   Dyke, Gareth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fur Formation; Galliformes; Landfowl; Lower Eocene

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649119503     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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