Juvenile birds from the early cretaceous of China: Implications for enantiornithine ontogeny

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3594, 2007, Pages 1-46

  Chiappe, Luis M ^a   Ji, Shu'an ^b,c   Ji, Qiang ^c  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^b The Geological Museum of China   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 40749137416     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3594[1:jbftec]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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