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Archaeopteryx and the origin of birds
Article first published online: 14 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1976.tb00244.x
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OSTROM, J. H. (1976), Archaeopteryx and the origin of birds. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 8: 91–182. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1976.tb00244.x
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