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The palaeobiology of high latitude birds from the early Eocene greenhouse of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

Fossils attributable to the extinct waterfowl clade Presbyornithidae and the large flightless Gastornithidae from the early Eocene (~52–53 Ma) of Ellesmere Island, in northernmost Canada are the oldest Cenozoic avian fossils from the Arctic. Except for its slightly larger size, the Arctic presbyorni...

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Autores principales: Stidham, Thomas A., Eberle, Jaelyn J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4751439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26867798
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep20912