A new specimen of the fossil palaeognath Lithornis from the Lower Eocene of Denmark

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3491, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Leonard, Leona ^a   Dyke, Gareth J ^a,b   Van Tuinen, Marcel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750827364     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)491[0001:ansotf]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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