New material of barawertornis tedfordi, a dromornithid bird from the oligo-miocene of Australia, and its phylogenetic implications

Records of the Australian Museum

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-60

  Nguyen, Jacqueline M T ^a   Boles, Walter E ^a,b   Hand, Suzanne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

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EID: 77953752599     PISSN: 22014349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1539     Document Type: Article

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