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Article: Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) birds and pterosaurs from the Cornet bauxite mine, Romania

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2011
Page(s): 79 – 95
Author(s): Gareth J. Dyke, Michael J. Benton, Erika Posmosanu and Darren Naish
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DYKE, G. J., BENTON, M. J., POSMOSANU, E., NAISH, D. 2011. Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) birds and pterosaurs from the Cornet bauxite mine, Romania. Palaeontology, 54, 1, 79–95.

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