Aves

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048199617, 2011, Pages 505-533

  Louchart, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Ardeiformes; Charadriiformes; Coliiformes; Columbiformes; Falconiformes; Galliformes; Passeriformes; Pliocene; Strigiformes; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045990340     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_18     Document Type: Chapter

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