Birds (Aves) from the Early Miocene of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia

Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia

Volumn , Issue 20, 2008, Pages 147-167

  Mourer Chauviré, Cécile ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; FOSSIL; MIOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

KARAS; NAMIBIA; SPERRGEBIET;

AVES; COLIIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; STRUTHIO; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 78649310781     PISSN: 10184325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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