DISCOVERY OF AEPYORNITHOID EGGSHELLS IN T HE LOWER MIOCENE OF NAMIBIA

Authors
SENUT B PICKFORD M DAUPHIN Y
Citation
B. Senut et al., DISCOVERY OF AEPYORNITHOID EGGSHELLS IN T HE LOWER MIOCENE OF NAMIBIA, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie, 320(1), 1995, pp. 71-76
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Mecanique, physique, chimie, astronomie → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518069
Volume
320
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Part
2
Pages
71 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8069(1995)320:1<71:DOAEIT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
External and internal microstructural analysis of eggshell fragments f rom the Namib Desert, Namibia, show that ratites with eggshells of ''A epyornithoid'' type inhabited Southern Africa during the Lower Miocene .