A columbid-like avian foot from the Oligocene of Poland

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-236

  Bocheński, Zbigniew M ^a   Tomek, Teresa ^a   Świdnicka, Ewa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carpathian flysch; Fossil birds; Menilite shales; Oligocene; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; LIMB; OLIGOCENE; PHYLOGENY; PRESERVATION; TAXONOMY;

POLAND;

AVES; COLUMBIDAE;

EID: 79551645337     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164510X551363     Document Type: Article

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