A new Messel rail from the Early Eocene fur Formation of Denmark (Aves, Messelornithidae)

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 551-562

  Bertelli, Sara ^a,b,c   Chiappe, Luis M ^b   Mayr, Gerald ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denmark; Eocene birds; Messel; Messelornithidae; Rails

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT TYPE; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PALEOBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRESERVATION; SPECIALIZATION; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

DENMARK;

AVES;

EID: 80052677401     PISSN: 14772019     EISSN: 14780941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2010.538730     Document Type: Article

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