Review of the putative Phorusrhacidae from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Antarctica: New records of ratites and pelagornithid birds

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 239-258

  Cenizo, Marcos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cretaceous; Eocene; Fossil birds

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL RECORD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAASTRICHTIAN; NEW RECORD; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PALEONTOLOGY; TOOTH;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; VEGA ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; PALAEOGNATHAE; PELAGORNITHIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84872236945     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10183-012-0014-3     Document Type: Review

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