First Atlantic record of the puffinCerorhinca(Aves, Alcidae) from the Pliocene of North Carolina

2007/12/12 by Neil Smith, Storrs L. Olson, Julia A. Clarke · 13 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Avian ecology and behavior #Paleontology #Vertebrate paleontology #Vertebrate #Geology #Geography #Archaeology #Biology

paper · doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[1039:farotp]2.0.co;2

published in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4), 1039-1042 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

(2007). First Atlantic record of the puffin Cerorhinca (Aves, Alcidae) from the Pliocene of North Carolina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 1039-1042.

Citations

• Final closure of Panama and the onset of northern hemisphere glaciation
• Geology and paleontology of the Lee Creek mine, North Carolina, III

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