An ornithurine-dominated avifauna from the Belly River Group (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta, Canada

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-177

  Longrich, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Bird; Campanian; Dinosaur Park Formation; Oldman Formation; Ornithurae

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; MASS EXTINCTION; ORNITHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; ENANTIORNITHES; MAMMALIA; ORNITHURAE;

EID: 56249110484     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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