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Cranial osteology and palaeobiology of the Early Cretaceous bird Jeholornis prima (Aves: Jeholornithiformes)

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Hu, Han, Wang, Yan, Fabbri, Matteo, O, Jingmai K., Connor, Mcdonald, Paul G., Wroe, Stephen, Yin, Xuwei, Zheng, Xiaoting, Zhou, Zhonghe, Benson, Roger B. J. (2023): Cranial osteology and palaeobiology of the Early Cretaceous bird Jeholornis prima (Aves: Jeholornithiformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198 (1): 93-112, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac089, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/198/1/93/6768673

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