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A new look at an old Australian raptor places "Taphaetus" lacertosus de Vis 1905 in the Old World vultures (Accipitridae: Aegypiinae)
- 1. Palaeontology Group, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia & ellen.mather@flinders.edu.au, math0083@flinders.edu.au, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9437-1395
- 2. Palaeontology Group, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia & Earth Sciences Section, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000, Australia & mike.lee@flinders.edu.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-0887
- 3. Palaeontology Group, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia & trevor.worthy@flinders.edu.au; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7047-4680
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Mather, Ellen K., Lee, Michael S. Y., Worthy, Trevor H. (2022): A new look at an old Australian raptor places "Taphaetus" lacertosus de Vis 1905 in the Old World vultures (Accipitridae: Aegypiinae). Zootaxa 5168 (1): 1-23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.1.1
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