Affinities of Palaeospiza bella and the phylogeny and biogeography of mousebirds (Coliiformes)

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-259

  Ksepka, Daniel T ^a,b   Clarke, Julia A ^a,b,c,d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coliidae; Coliiformes; Florissant Formation; Fossil; Mousebird; Palaeospiza bella; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; EOCENE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FOSSIL RECORD; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

COLIIDAE; COLIIFORMES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 67650214952     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.07178     Document Type: Article

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