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Article: A skull of the giant bony-toothed bird Dasornis (Aves: Pelagornithidae) from the Lower Eocene of the Isle of Sheppey

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2008
Page(s): 1107 – 1116
Author(s): Gerald Mayr
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MAYR, G. 2008. A skull of the giant bony-toothed bird Dasornis (Aves: Pelagornithidae) from the Lower Eocene of the Isle of Sheppey. Palaeontology, 51, 5, 1107–1116.

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