Bony-toothed birds (aves: Pelagornithidae) from the middle eocene of Belgium

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 365-376

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Smith, Thierry ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brussels Formation; Dasornis; Fossil birds; Macrodontopteryx

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

BELGIUM; BRUSSELS [BELGIUM];

AVES; DIOMEDEIDAE; FURCULA; PELAGORNITHIDAE; PELECANIFORMES; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SULIDAE;

EID: 77952342818     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00930.x     Document Type: Article

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