A Miocene ostrich fossil from Gansu Province, northwest China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1808-1810

  Hou, Lianhai ^a   Zhou, Zhonghe ^a   Zhang, Fucheng ^a   Wang, Zhao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

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STRUTHIO CAMELUS;

EID: 33749593900     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-575     Document Type: Article

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