A new parrot from the Miocene of Germany, with comments on the variation of hypotarsus morphology in some Psittaciformes

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-54

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Göhlich, Ursula B ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Sektion Paläontologie ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Aves; Bavaripsitta ballmanni gen. et sp. n.; Hypotarsus; Miocene; N rdlinger Ries; Phylogeny; Psittaciformes

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

AGAPORNIS; ALISTERUS; AVES; BARNARDIUS; CYANORAMPHUS; EUNYMPHICUS; LORICULUS; MELOPSITTACUS; NEOPHEMA; NEOPSEPHOTUS; NORTHIELLA; PLATYCERCUS; POLYTELIS; PROSOPEIA; PSEPHOTUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444229990     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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