A new genus and species of Pelagornithidae with well-preserved pseudodentition and further avian remains from the middle Eocene of the Ukraine

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 914-925

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Zvonok, Evgenij ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; EOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; SEABIRD; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH;

UKRAINE;

AVES; GAVIIFORMES; PELAGORNITHIDAE;

EID: 84863605552     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.676114     Document Type: Article

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