Bird fossils from ankilitelo cave: Inference about holocene environmental changes in southwestern madagascar

Zootaxa

Volumn 3750, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 534-548

  Goodman, Steven M ^a,b   Raherilalao, Marie Jeanne ^b,c   Muldoon, Kathleen ^d,e  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION VAHATRA   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Aepyornis; Ankilitelo Cave; Birds; C14 dates; Environmental shifts; Fauna; Monias benschi; Numida meleagris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE; CAVE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MADAGASCAR;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; CAVES; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84891133688     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3750.5.6     Document Type: Article

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