Combined phylogenetic analysis of a new North American fossil species confirms widespread Eocene distribution for stem rollers (Aves, Coracii)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 586-611

  Clarke, Julia A ^a,b,c,d   Ksepka, Daniel T ^a,b,c   Smith, N Adam ^a,d   Norell, Mark A ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian evolution; Biogeography; Cenozoic; Combined analysis; Green River Formation; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRACHYPTERACIIDAE; CORACII; CORACIIDAE;

EID: 70350507149     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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