Latest Pacific Basin record of a bony-toothed bird (aves, Pelagornithidae) from the Pliocene Purisima Formation of California, U.S.A.

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 652-657

  Boessenecker, Robert W ^a   Smith, N Adam ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIRD; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYLOGENETICS; PLIOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

AVES; PELAGORNITHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79957602088     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.562268     Document Type: Article

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