Morphology of the quadrate in the eocene anseriform Presbyornis and extant galloanserine birds

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-323

  Elzanowski, Andrzej ^a   Stidham, Thomas A ^b  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anseriformes; Asymmetry; Cranial pneumatization; Galliformes; Presbyornis; Quadrate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DUCKS AND GEESE; HISTOLOGY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; BRAIN; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANATIDAE; ANHIMIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MEGAPODIIDAE;

EID: 76449093582     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10799     Document Type: Article

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