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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....
Autores principales: | Bourdon, Estelle, Kristoffersen, Anette V., Bonde, Niels |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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