A new seabird (Aves, cf. Phaethontidae) from the Lower Eocene phosphates of Morocco

Geobios

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-459

  Bourdon, Estelle ^a   Amaghzaz, Mbarek ^b   Bouya, Baâdi ^b  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b Centre Minier de Khouribga   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Lower Eocene; Morocco; Neornithes; Ouled Abdoun; Phaethontidae; Prophaethontidae

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; SEABIRD;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; ORIENTAL; OULED ABDOUN BASIN;

AVES; NEORNITHES; PHAETHON; PHAETHONTIDAE;

EID: 48349121312     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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