A new cracticid (Passeriformes:Cracticidae) from the Early Miocene of Australia

Emu

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 374-382

  Nguyen, Jacqueline M T ^a   Worthy, Trevor H ^b   Boles, Walter E ^c   Hand, Suzanne J ^a   Archer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artamus; Cracticus; Fossil bird; Passerine; Riversleigh; Songbird; Strepera; Tarsometatarsus

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PASSERINE; SONGBIRD; TERTIARY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; RIVERSLEIGH;

EID: 84889870972     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU13017     Document Type: Article

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