Anatomy of the early cretaceous enantiornithine bird Rapaxavis pani

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 463-475

  O'Connor, Jingmai K ^a,b   Chiappe, Luis M ^b   Gao, Chunling ^c   Zhao, Bo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

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

^c Dalian Natural History Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Aves; China; Early Cretaceous; Enantiornithes; Jiufotang Formation; Longipterygidae; Rapaxavis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIRD; BONE; CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY; ORNITHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

CHINA;

AVES; ENANTIORNITHES;

EID: 80053106324     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0047     Document Type: Review

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