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A partial skeleton of an enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China

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Lamanna, Matthew C., You, Hai-Lu, Harris, Jerald D., Chiappe, Luis M., Ji, Shu-An, Lü, Jun-Chang, Ji, Qiang (2006): A partial skeleton of an enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of northwestern China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51 (3): 423-434, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13651058

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