The earliest European record of a Stone-curlew (Charadriiformes, Burhinidae) from the late Oligocene of France

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 421-426

  De Pietri, Vanesa L ^a   Scofield, R Paul ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Burhinus; Coderet Bransat; Fossil birds; Genucrassum bransatensis gen. et sp. nov.; Saint G rand le Puy; Thick knees

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; OLIGOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; WADER;

ALLIER RIVER; AUVERGNE; FRANCE; HAUTE LOIRE;

AVES; BURHINIDAE; BURHINUS; CHARADRIIFORMES;

EID: 84897462042     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-1022-8     Document Type: Article

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