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An exceptional partial skeleton of a new basal raptor (Aves: Accipitridae) from the late Oligocene Namba formation, South Australia
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Mather, Ellen K., Lee, Michael S. Y., Camens, Aaron B., Worthy, Trevor H. (2021): An exceptional partial skeleton of a new basal raptor (Aves: Accipitridae) from the late Oligocene Namba formation, South Australia. Historical Biology 34 (7): 1175-1207, DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2021.1966777, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2021.1966777
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