The First Occurrence in the Fossil Record of an Aquatic Avian Twig-Nest with Phoenicopteriformes Eggs: Evolutionary Implications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Grellet Tinner, Gerald ^a,b,c   Murelaga, Xabier ^d   Larrasoaña, Juan C ^e   Silveira, Luis F ^f   Olivares, Maitane ^d   Ortega, Luis A ^d   Trimby, Patrick W ^g   Pascual, Ana ^d  

^a Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c The Journey Museum   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL HOUSING; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE; CLADISTICS; EGG; EGG SHELL; EMBEDDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCT SPECIES; FOSSIL ANIMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PALAELODID; PHOENICOPTERIFORME; PODICIPEDIFORME; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENT; SEMIARID CLIMATE; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; EGG SHELL; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867658960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046972     Document Type: Article

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