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Evolution of the brain and sensory organs in Sphenisciformes: new data from the stem penguin Paraptenodytes antarcticus

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Ksepka, Daniel T., Balanoff, Amy M., Walsh, Stig, Revan, Ariel, Ho, Amy (2012): Evolution of the brain and sensory organs in Sphenisciformes: new data from the stem penguin Paraptenodytes antarcticus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 202-219, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00835.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00835.x

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