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Resurrecting the taxon Diatryma: A review of the giant flightless Eocene Gastornithiformes (Aves), with a report of the first skull of Diatryma geiselensis

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Mayr, Gerald, Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile, Bourdon, Estelle, Stache, Michael (2024): Resurrecting the taxon Diatryma: A review of the giant flightless Eocene Gastornithiformes (Aves), with a report of the first skull of Diatryma geiselensis. Palaeontologia Electronica (a57) 27 (3): 1-19, DOI: 10.26879/1438, URL: https://doi.org/10.26879/1438

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