Osteology of a new giant bony-toothed bird from the Miocene of Chile, with a revision of the taxonomy of Neogene Pelagornithidae

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1313-1330

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Rubilar Rogers, David ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; OSTEOLOGY; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

CHILE;

AVES; PELAGORNITHIDAE;

EID: 77957798172     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.501465     Document Type: Article

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