Bird remains from the Maastrichtian type area (Late Cretaceous)

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-358

  Dyke, Gareth J ^a   Schulp, A S ^b   Jagt, J W M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aves; Belgium; Enantiornithes; Late Cretaceous; Maastrichtian; Ornithurae; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; MAASTRICHTIAN; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; ENANTIORNITHES; ORNITHURAE;

EID: 58649094208     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600023404     Document Type: Article

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