New specimens of Lithoptila abdounensis (aves, prophaethontidae) from the lower paleogene of Morocco

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 751-761

  Bourdon, Estelle ^a   Mourer Chauviré, Cécile ^b   Amaghzaz, Mbarek ^c   Bouya, Baâdi ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Centre Minier de Khouribga   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGENE; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN; WADER; WING MORPHOLOGY;

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

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES;

EID: 54849419104     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[751:NSOLAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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