A record of Rhynchaeites (Aves, Threskiornithidae) from the early Eocene fur Formation of Denmark, and the affinities of the alleged parrot Mopsitta

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-236

  Mayr, Gerald ^a   Bertelli, Sara ^a,b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fossil birds; Messel; Mopsitta tanta; Rhynchaeites messelensis

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CRANIUM; EOCENE; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PREDATION; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

DENMARK; GERMANY; HESSE; MESSEL;

AVES; PSITTACIDAE; RHYNCHAEITES MESSELENSIS; THRESKIORNITHIDAE;

EID: 85027927331     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-011-0050-8     Document Type: Article

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