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Avian brain evolution: new data from Palaeogene birds (Lower Eocene) from England

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Milner, Angela C., Walsh, Stig A. (2009): Avian brain evolution: new data from Palaeogene birds (Lower Eocene) from England. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (1): 198-219, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00443.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00443.x

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