A review of late cretaceous fossil birds from Hungary

Geological Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 434-444

  Dyke, Gareth J ^a   Ó́si, Attila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aves; Central europe; Enantiornithes; Evolution; Santonian

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; SANTONIAN; TAXONOMY;

HUNGARY;

AVES; CONIACIAN; ENANTIORNITHES;

EID: 77954397977     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1209     Document Type: Article

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