Parvigruidae (Aves, core Gruiformes) from the early Oligocene of Belgium

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-89

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fossil birds; Parvigruidae; Parvigrus; Rupelian; Rupelrallus

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; STRATOTYPE; TAXONOMY;

BELGIUM; GERMANY;

AVES; GRUIDAE; GRUIFORMES;

EID: 84873737601     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-012-0083-7     Document Type: Article

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