The third nearly complete passerine bird from the early Oligocene of Europe

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 923-931

  Bochenski, Zbigniew M ^a   Tomek, Teresa ^a   Wertz, Krzysztof ^a   Swidnicka, Ewa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carpathian flysch; Fossil birds; Menilite shales; Oligocene; Paleogene; Passeriformes

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; OLIGOCENE; PASSERINE; TAXONOMY;

CARPATHIANS; POLAND;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TYRANNI;

EID: 84884207576     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-0958-z     Document Type: Article

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