New morphological evidence supports congruent phylogenies and Gondwana vicariance for palaeognathous

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 959-982

  Johnston, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avian anatomy; Avian phylogenetics; Gondwana; Palaeognathae

Indexed keywords

AVES; PALAEOGNATHAE; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 84855841862     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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