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Towards completion of the early Eocene aviary: A new bird group from the Messel oil shale (Aves, Eopachypterygidae, fam. nov.)

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Mayr, Gerald (2015): Towards completion of the early Eocene aviary: A new bird group from the Messel oil shale (Aves, Eopachypterygidae, fam. nov.). Zootaxa 4013 (2): 252-264, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.6

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