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New skeleton from the early Oligocene of Germany indicates a stem-group position of diomedeoidid birds

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De Pietri, Vanesa L., Berger, Jean-Pierre, Pirkenseer, Claudius, Scherler, Laureline, Mayr, Gerald (2010): New skeleton from the early Oligocene of Germany indicates a stem-group position of diomedeoidid birds. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 (1): 23-34, DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0069, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2009.0069

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