Earliest gondwanan bird from the cretaceous of Southeastern Australia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 616-619

  Close, Roger A ^a   Vickers Rich, Patricia ^a   Trusler, Peter ^a   Chiappe, Luis M ^a   O'Connor, Jingmai ^b   Rich, Thomas H ^a   Kool, Lesley ^a   Komarower, Patricia ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NaturaI History Museum of Los Angeles County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; GONDWANA; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 67651099038     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0214     Document Type: Article

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