Webbed foot of an Early Cretaceous ornithurine bird Gansus from China

Geological Bulletin of China

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1295-1298

  Ji, Shu An ^a   Ji, Qiang ^a   You, Hai Lu ^a   Lü, Jun Chang ^a   Yuan, Chong Xi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; Gansu Province; Gansus yumenensis; Webbed foot

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84871349640     PISSN: 16712552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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