A revision of enantiornithine (Aves: Ornithothoraces) skull morphology

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 135-157

  O'Connor, Jingmai K ^a   Chiappe, Luis M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Cretaceous; Skull; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIRD; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SKULL; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AVES; CONFUCIUSORNITHIDAE; ENANTIORNITHES; SAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 79959719240     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.526639     Document Type: Conference Paper

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