Antarctic birds (Neornithes) during the Cretaceous-Eocene times

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 604-617

  Tambussi, Claudia ^a,b   Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*

Author keywords

Antarctica; Birds; Cretaceous; Paleogene

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS; DISPERSAL; EOCENE; FOOD WEB; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; TAXONOMY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ANSER; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CETACEA; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHONDRICHTHYES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEIDAE; FALCONIFORMES; GADIFORMES; LINGULA; NEORNITHES; PALAEOGNATHAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 51649107340     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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