A new skeleton of the late Oligocene “Enspel cormorant”—from Oligocorax to Borvocarbo, and back again

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 87-101

  Mayr, Gerald ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fossil birds; Oligocorax stoeffelensis; Phalacrocoracidae; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934873618     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-014-0167-7     Document Type: Article

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