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The Early Eocene bird Gallinuloides wyomingensis -a stem group representative of Galliformes

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Mayr, Gerald, Weidig, Ilka (2004): The Early Eocene bird Gallinuloides wyomingensis -a stem group representative of Galliformes. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49 (2): 211-217, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13506718

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