Description and ecologic analysis of Hollanda luceria, a Late Cretaceous bird from the Gobi Desert (Mongolia)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-26

  Bell, Alyssa K ^a,b   Chiappe, Luis M ^a   Erickson, Gregory M ^c   Suzuki, Shigeru ^d   Watabe, Mahito ^d   Barsbold, Rinchen ^e   Tsogtbaatar, K ^e  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Avian; Cretaceous; Ecology; Evolution; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PALEOECOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

AVES; GEOCOCCYX CALIFORNIANUS; ORNITHURAE;

EID: 70449581136     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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