A galloanserine quadrate from the la te cretac eous la nce formation of wyoming

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-145

  Elzanowski, Andrzej ^a   Stidham, Thomas A ^b  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anseriformes; Cretaceous; Galliformes; Galloanseres; Osteology; Quadratum; Skull

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BONE; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OSTEOLOGY; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ANATIDAE; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; MEGAPODIIDAE; NEORNITHES;

EID: 79954525404     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.10113     Document Type: Article

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