The earliest record of a galliform bird in Asia, from the late Paleocene-Early eocene of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1642-1644

  Hwang, Sunny H ^a   Mayr, Gerald ^b   Bolortsetseg, Minjin ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Institute for the Study of Mongolian Dinosaurs   (Mongolia)

^d Museum of the Rockies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY;

GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 77957781430     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.501454     Document Type: Article

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