A new species of Oligo-Miocene darter (Aves: Anhingidae) from Australia

Auk

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-104

  Worthy, Trevor H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anhinga; Bird fossil; Oligo Miocene; South Australia

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIRD; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANHINGA; ANHINGIDAE; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE;

EID: 84858690978     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.11204     Document Type: Article

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