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Phylogenetic affinities and taxonomy of the Oligocene Diomedeoididae, and the basal divergences amongst extant procellariiform birds

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Mayr, Gerald, Smith, Thierry (2012): Phylogenetic affinities and taxonomy of the Oligocene Diomedeoididae, and the basal divergences amongst extant procellariiform birds. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166 (4): 854-875, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00858.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00858.x

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