Stem parrots (Aves, Halcyornithidae) from the Green River formation and a combined phylogeny of Pan-Psittaciformes

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 835-852

  Ksepka, Daniel T ^a,b   Clarke, Julia A ^c   Grande, Lance ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; CYTOCHROME; DATA SET; DIVERGENCE; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OPTIMIZATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON;

GREEN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CACATUIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 80052705964     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/10-108.1     Document Type: Article

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