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A new Transantarctic relationship: morphological evidence for a Rheidae-Dromaiidae-Casuariidae clade (Aves, Palaeognathae, Ratitae)

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Bourdon, Estelle, Ricqles, Armand De, Cubo, Jorge (2009): A new Transantarctic relationship: morphological evidence for a Rheidae-Dromaiidae-Casuariidae clade (Aves, Palaeognathae, Ratitae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (3): 641-663, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00509.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00509.x

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