Phylogenetic affinities and morphology of the late Eocene anseriform bird Romainvillia stehlini LEBEDINSKY, 1927

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-380

  Mayr, Gerald ^a,b  

^a Sektion Ornithologie ^*

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anseriformes; Fossil birds; France; Phylogeny; Presbyornithidae

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSERANAS SEMIPALMATA; ANSERANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CYGNUS;

EID: 46649099647     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2008/0248-0365     Document Type: Article

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