Quercypsitta-like birds from the early eocene of India (Aves, ?Psittaciformes)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 467-478

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Rana, Rajendra S ^b   Rose, Kenneth D ^c   Sahni, Ashok ^d   Kumar, Kishor ^e   Singh, Lachham ^b   Smith, Thierry ^f  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^f ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; BONE; CLADISTICS; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

GUJARAT; INDIA; VASTAN LIGNITE MINE;

AVES; CATHARTIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 77952254958     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724631003617357     Document Type: Article

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