A reappraisal of boluochia zhengi (Aves: Enantiornithes) and a discussion of intraclade diversity in the Jehol avifauna, China

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-63

  O'Connor, Jingmai K ^a   Zhou, Zhonghe ^a   Zhang, Fucheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Boluochia; Enantiornithes; Jehol; Longipterygidae; Longipteryx; Ornithothoraces

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA;

AVES; ENANTIORNITHES;

EID: 79959700620     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.512614     Document Type: Conference Paper

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