New enantiornithine bird (Aves, Ornithothoraces) from the Late Cretaceous of NW Argentina;Un oiseau enantiornithine (Aves, Ornithothoraces) du Crétacé supérieur du Nord-Ouest de l'Argentine

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 499-503

  Novas, Fernando Emilio ^a   Agnolín, Federico Lisandro ^a,b   Scanferla, Carlos Agustín ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Avisauridae; Enantiornithes; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; LIMB; NEW SPECIES; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA;

AVES; ENANTIORNITHES; REPTILIA;

EID: 78650307689     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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