A new stem parrot from the Green River Formation and the complex evolution of the grasping foot in Pan-Psittaciformes

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 395-406

  Ksepka, Daniel T ^a,b   Clarke, Julia A ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGENE; PHYLOGENETICS;

GREEN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 84858173871     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.641704     Document Type: Article

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