Well-preserved new skeleton of the middle eocene messelastur substantiates sister group relationship between Messelasturidae and Halcyornithidae (Aves, ?Pan-Psittaciformes)

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-171

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fossil birds; Halcyornithidae; Messel; Phylogeny; Tynskya

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PREDATOR; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

GERMANY;

AVES; FALCONIFORMES; PSEUDASTURIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TYNSKYA; TYNSKYA EOCAENA;

EID: 79959737864     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.505252     Document Type: Conference Paper

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