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Identification of fossilized eggshells from the Taung hominin locality, Taung, Northwest Province, South Afric

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Kuhn, BF, Carlson, KJ, Hopley, PJ., Zipfel, B, Berger, LR. (2015): Identification of fossilized eggshells from the Taung hominin locality, Taung, Northwest Province, South Afric. Palaeontologia Electronica 255 (15): 1-16, DOI: 10.26879/442, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/442

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