Fossil birds from the Late Cretaceous Los Alamitos Formation, Río Negro Province, Argentina

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-49

  Agnolin, Federico L ^a,b   Martinelli, Agustín G ^c  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c Museo de Historia Natural de San Rafael ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Aves; Cretaceous; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; NEORNITHES; ORNITHURAE; PALAEOGNATHAE; PATAGOPTERYGIFORMES;

EID: 59349098509     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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