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Article: Two new parrots (Psittaciformes) from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2008
Page(s): 575 – 582
Author(s): David M. Waterhouse, Bent E. K. Lindow, Nikita V. Zelenkov and Gareth J. Dyke
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WATERHOUSE, D. M., LINDOW, B. E. K., ZELENKOV, N. V., DYKE, G. J. 2008. Two new parrots (Psittaciformes) from the Lower Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Palaeontology, 51, 3, 575–582.

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