Cranial and vertebral morphology of the straight-billed Miocene phoenicopteriform bird Palaelodus and its evolutionary significance

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Volumn 254, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-26

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aves; Evolution; Filter feeding; Fossil birds; Miocene; Paleoecology

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CENOZOIC; CRANIUM; EVOLUTION; FILTER FEEDING; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY;

AVES; GRUIFORMES; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERIFORMES; PODICIPEDIDAE;

EID: 84930043208     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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