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Article: A well-preserved 'charadriiform-like' fossil bird from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2010
Page(s): 507 – 531
Author(s): Sara Bertelli, Bent E. K. Lindow, Gareth J. Dyke and Luis M. Chiappe
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BERTELLI, S., LINDOW, B. E. K., DYKE, G. J., CHIAPPE, L. M. 2010. A well-preserved 'charadriiform-like' fossil bird from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark. Palaeontology, 53, 3, 507–531.

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