A new songbird (Aves: Passeriformes) from the mid-Cenozoic of Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland

Alcheringa

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Boles, Walter E ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aves; Cenozoic; Passeriformes; Riversleigh; Songbird

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVIDAE; MENURIDAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84856886301     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115510609506853     Document Type: Article

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