Middle Eocene Pelagornithidae and Gaviiformes (Aves) from the Ukrainian Paratethys

Palaeontology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1347-1359

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Zvonok, Evgenij ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Colymbiculus udovinchenkoi gen. et sp. nov; Dasornis; Fossil birds; Odontopteryx

Indexed keywords

BONE; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGENE; PARATETHYS; SEABIRD;

EUROPE;

AVES; GAVIIFORMES; PARATETHYS; PELAGORNITHIDAE;

EID: 80051564818     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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