Article: Bird eggshell in Dominican amber
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
50
Part:
6
Publication Date:
November
2007
Page(s):
1381
–
1383
Author(s):
George Poinar Jr, Claire Voisin and Jean-François Voisin
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