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A new genus and two new species of gigantic Plotopteridae from Japan (Aves: Pelecaniformes)

Storrs L. Olson Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20560
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Yoshikazu Hasegawa Gunma Museum of Natural History, Kamikuroiwa, Tomioka-shi, Gunma, Japan
Pages 742-751 | Received 11 May 1995, Accepted 17 Oct 1995, Published online: 24 Aug 2010

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