Sixteen vetted fossil calibrations for divergence dating of charadriiformes (Aves, Neognathae)

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Adam Smith, N ^a  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charadrii; Lari; Minimum age constraints; Pan Alcidae; Scolopaci; Seabirds and shorebirds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CALIBRATION; CLADISTICS; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ORNITHOLOGY; PLUMAGE; SEABIRD; WADER;

ALCIDAE; AVES; CHARADRII; CHARADRIIFORMES; NEOGNATHAE;

EID: 84923543996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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