New Antarctic findings of Upper Cretaceous and lower Eocene loons (Aves: Gaviiformes)

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 315-324

  Acosta Hospitaleche, Carolina ^a   Gelfo, Javier N ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Gaviiformes; Lower Eocene; Upper Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PREHISTORIC; SEABIRD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; VEGA ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; GAVIIDAE; GAVIIFORMES; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES;

EID: 84949556748     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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