A dwarf species of the Phalacrocoracoidea (cormorants and anhingas) from the early Miocene of Germany

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Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 392-395

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fossil birds; Limicorallus; Mainz Weisenau; Paleontology

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ANHINGIDAE; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX PYGMEUS;

EID: 63049116062     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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