NMNH Discovers New Fossil Birds

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Summary

National Museum of Natural History paleobiologist Dr. Storrs Olson and colleague report in "Science" magazine the discovery of a previously unknown fossil group of giant, flightless penguinlike birds.

Subject

  • Olson, Storrs L
  • Division of Birds (USNM)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1980, p. 348

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

November, 1979

Topic

  • Animals
  • Vertebrate Paleontology
  • Paleoontology
  • Birds
  • Paleornithology
  • Museums
  • Ornithology
  • Paleobiology
  • Museum publications

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