Is the "Genyornis" egg of a mihirung or another extinct bird from the Australian dreamtime?

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 133, Issue , 2016, Pages 147-164

  Grellet Tinner, Gerald ^a,b   Spooner, Nigel A ^c,d   Worthy, Trevor H ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d DST Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dromornithids; EBSD; Eggs; Eggshells; Genyornis newtoni; Megapodes; Micro CT; Paleoenvironments; Progura; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; DROMORNITHIDS; EBSD; EGGS; EGGSHELLS; GENYORNIS NEWTONI; MEGAPODES; MICRO CT; PALEOENVIRONMENTS; PROGURA; QUATERNARY;

BIRDS;

BIRD; CLADISTICS; DATING METHOD; EGG; EGGSHELL; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROSTRUCTURE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; DROMORNITHIDAE; GALLIFORMES; GENYORNIS; GENYORNIS NEWTONI; MACROCEPHALON MALEO; MEGAPODIIDAE;

EID: 84952929112     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.011     Document Type: Article

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