An Oligo-Miocene magpie goose (aves: anseranatidae) from riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland, Australia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 205-211

  Worthy, Trevor H ^a   Scanlon, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Riversleigh Fossil Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; GAMEBIRD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; RIVERSLEIGH;

ANSER; ANSERANAS SEMIPALMATA; ANSERANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 65349104522     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0103     Document Type: Article

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