A fossil albatross from the early Oligocene of the North Sea Basin

Auk

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Smith, Thierry ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Royal Be Lgian Institute of Natural Sciences   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diomedeidae; Evolution; Fossil birds; Gen. et sp. nov.; Rupelian; Tydea septentrionalis

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BODY SIZE; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SEABIRD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

BELGIUM;

AVES; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; MYA;

EID: 84858678938     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.11192     Document Type: Article

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