Descriptions and palaeoecological implications of bird remains from the Middle Pleistocene of Florisbad, South Africa

Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-32

  Manegold, Albrecht ^a   Brink, James S ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anatini; Florisbad; Gruidae; Phasianidae; Phoenicopteridae; Pleistocene; Struthionidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952040535     PISSN: 00310220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-010-0069-6     Document Type: Article

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