Interrelationships of the Threskiornithidae and the phylogenetic position of the Miocene ibis 'Plegadis' paganus from the Saint-Gérand-le-Puy area in central France

Ibis

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 544-560

  De Pietri, Vanesa L ^a  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Early Miocene; Fossil birds; Gerandibis pagana; Ibis phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW GENUS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; WADER;

FRANCE;

EID: 84879560951     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12062     Document Type: Article

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