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New Avialan Remains and a Review of the Known Avifauna from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia

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CLARKE, JULIA A., NORELL, MARK A. (2004): New Avialan Remains and a Review of the Known Avifauna from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3447: 1-12, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2004)447<0001:NARAAR>2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282004%29447%3C0001%3ANARAAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2

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