An assessment of the diversity of early Miocene Scolopaci (Aves, Charadriiformes) from Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France)

Palaeontology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1177-1197

  De Pietri, Vanesa L ^a,b   Mayr, Gerald ^c  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aves; Charadriiformes; Early Miocene; Saint G rand le Puy; Scolopaci

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIRD; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEONTOLOGY; SKULL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ALLIER; AUVERGNE; FRANCE;

EID: 84878026785     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01182.x     Document Type: Article

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