A revision of the fossil genus Miocepphus and other Miocene Alcidae (Aves: Charadriiformes) of the Western North Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-487

  Wijnker, Erik ^a   Olson, Storrs L ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alca; Calvert Formation; Choptank Formation; Eastover Formation; Pseudocepphus; St Mary's Formation; Uria

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; CLADISTICS; DIVERGENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; RECONSTRUCTION; WADER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALCIDAE; ALLE; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; PINGUINUS; URIA;

EID: 74149085664     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477201909990022     Document Type: Article

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