A new Old World vulture (Falconiformes: Accipitridae) from the Miocene of Gansu Province, northwest China

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-408

  Zhang, Zihui ^a,b   Zheng, Xiaoting ^c   Zheng, Guangmei ^b   Hou, Lianhai ^a,d  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Tianyu Natural History Museum of Shandong   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gansugyps linxiaensis gen. et sp. nov.; Late Miocene; Liushu Formation; Northwestern China; Old World vulture; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; LIMB; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY;

CHINA; GANSU; LINXIA BASIN;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; FALCONIFORMES;

EID: 77951878401     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0468-1     Document Type: Article

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