Out of Africa: Fossils shed light on the origin of the hoatzin, an iconic Neotropic bird

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 961-966

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Alvarenga, Herculano ^b   Mourer Chauviré, Cécile ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Museu de Historia Natural de Taubate   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Brazil; Miocene; Namibia; Opisthocomiformes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; OLIGOCENE; OSTEOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; NAMIBIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; BRAZIL; FOSSILS; NAMIBIA; PHYLOGENY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; NAMIBIA;

AVES; MYA; OPISTHOCOMIDAE; OPISTHOCOMIFORMES; OPISTHOCOMUS HOAZIN;

EID: 80054817338     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0849-1     Document Type: Article

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