Systematics and phylogeny of the Zygodactylidae (Aves, Neognathae) with description of a new species from the early Eocene of Wyoming, USA

Zygodactylidae are an extinct lineage of perching birds characterized by distinct morphologies of the foot and wing elements. Although the clade has a complex taxonomic history, current hypotheses place Zygodactylidae as the sister taxon to Passeriformes (i.e., songbirds). Given the rather sparse fo...

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Autores principales: Smith, N. Adam, DeBee, Aj M., Clarke, Julia A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
Materias:
Biogeography
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29967716
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4950

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6022727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29967716
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4950

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