New fossil mousebird (Aves: Coliiformes) with feather preservation provides insight into the ecological diversity of an Eocene North American avifauna

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 685-706

  Ksepka, Daniel T ^a,b   Clarke, Julia A ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fossil Butte Member; Green River Formation; Paleontology; Phylogeny; Wing

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLIIFORMES;

EID: 78649455921     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00626.x     Document Type: Article

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