A new species of shearwater of the genus Calonectris (Aves: Procellariidae) from a middle Pleistocene deposit on Bermuda

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 398-409

  Olson, Storrs L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; EXTINCTION; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NEOGENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA;

AVES; CALONECTRIS; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA ALBATRUS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 54449086773     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/08-11.1     Document Type: Article

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