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A roller-like bird (Coracii) from the Early Eocene of Denmark

The fossil record of crown group birds (Neornithes) prior to the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary is scarce and fragmentary. Early Cenozoic bird fossils are more abundant, but are typically disarticulated and/or flattened. Here we report the oldest roller (Coracii), Septencoracias morsensis gen. et sp....

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Autores principales: Bourdon, Estelle, Kristoffersen, Anette V., Bonde, Niels
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/PMC5037458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27670387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep34050