Notes on the osteology and phylogenetic affinities of the Oligocene Diomedeoididae (Aves, Procellariiformes)

Fossil Record

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-140

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diomedeoides brodkorbi; Diomedeoides lipsiensis; Evolution; Fossil birds

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949544829     PISSN: 10533389     EISSN: 18601014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200900003     Document Type: Article

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