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Osteological characters of birds and reptiles are more congruent with molecular phylogenies than soft characters are

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Callender-Crowe, Leah M., Sansom, Robert S. (2022): Osteological characters of birds and reptiles are more congruent with molecular phylogenies than soft characters are. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194: 1-13, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa136

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