Neurocranial and brain anatomy of a late Miocene eagle (Aves, Accipitridae) from Patagonia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 831-836

  Picasso, Mariana B J ^a   Tambussi, Claudia ^a,c   Teresa Dozo, María ^b,c  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c CONICET ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRAIN; CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; RAPTOR; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES;

EID: 77749233729     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0319     Document Type: Article

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