New evidence of a giant bird from the Late Cretaceous of France

Geological Magazine

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 173-176

  Buffetaut, Eric ^a   Angst, Delphine ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Aves; France; Gargantuavis; Late Cretaceous; vertebra

Indexed keywords

AVES; FRANCE; GARGANTUAVIS; LATE CRETACEOUS; VERTEBRA;

BIRDS;

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL;

FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON;

AVES;

EID: 84870955414     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675681200043X     Document Type: Article

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