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The Anatomy And Taxonomy Of The Exquisitely Preserved Green River Formation (Early Eocene) Lithornithids (Aves) And The Relationships Of Lithornithidae
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Nesbitt, Sterling J., Clarke, Julia A. (2016): The Anatomy And Taxonomy Of The Exquisitely Preserved Green River Formation (Early Eocene) Lithornithids (Aves) And The Relationships Of Lithornithidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2016 (406): 1, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-406.1.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/0003-0090-406.1.1
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