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A nearly complete skeleton of the oldest definitive erycine boid (Messel, Germany)
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Smith, Krister T., Scanferla, Agustín (2021): A nearly complete skeleton of the oldest definitive erycine boid (Messel, Germany). Geodiversitas 43 (1): 1-24, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a1
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