A new eagle (Aves: Accipitridae) from the Mid Miocene Bullock Creek Fauna of northern Australia

Records of the Australian Museum

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-76

  Gaff, Priscilla ^a,b   Boles, Walter E ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Melbourne Museum   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 77953735813     PISSN: 22014349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1557     Document Type: Article

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