Mousebirds (Coliiformes), parrots (Psittaciformes), and other small birds from the late Oligocene/early Miocene of the Mainz Basin, Germany

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-144

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coliiformes; Fossil birds; Passeriformes; Phalacrocoracoidea; Pici; Psittaciformes; Rallidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

GERMANY; MAINZ BASIN; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

AVES; COLIIFORMES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PICI; PICIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; RALLIDAE; TYRANNI;

EID: 78649652041     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0089     Document Type: Article

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