A new specimen of large-bodied basal enantiornithine bohaiornis from the early cretaceous of china and the inference of feeding ecology in mesozoic birds

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-108

  Li, Zhiheng ^a   Zhou, Zhonghe ^b   Wang, Min ^b   Clarke, Julia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SHAPE; SKELETON; SPECIALIZATION;

CHINA; LIAONING;

EID: 84892906465     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/13-052     Document Type: Article

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