Fossil plotopterid seabirds from the Eo-Oligocene of the Olympic Peninsula (Washington State, USA): descriptions and functional morphology.
The plotopterids (Aves, Plotopteridae) were a group of extinct wing-propelled marine birds that are known from Paleogene-aged sediments (Eocene to Miocene), mostly around the Pacific Rim (especially Japan and the northwest coast of North America). While these birds exhibit a strikingly similar wing...
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Autores principales: | Gareth J Dyke, Xia Wang, Michael B Habib |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/2be57598ba364f58820ff21af2bbfafd |
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