A new species of giant marabou stork (Aves: Ciconiiformes) from the Pleistocene of Liang Bua, Flores (Indonesia)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 707-724

  Meijer, Hanneke J M ^a   Due, Rokus Awe ^b  

^a NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Extinction; Fossil bird; Homo floresiensis; Island fauna; South East Asia

Indexed keywords

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; HOMO FLORESIENSIS; LEPTOPTILOS; LEPTOPTILOS DUBIUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 78649492715     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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