An Old World hummingbird from the Oligocene: A new fossil from Polish Carpathians

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-216

  Bochenski, Zygmunt ^a   Bochenski, Zbigniew M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Eurotrochilus noniewiczi sp. nov; Fossil birds; Hummingbirds; Oligocene; Trochilidae

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; OSTEOLOGY;

AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 41349105310     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0261-y     Document Type: Article

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