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Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Volume 32, 2012 - Issue 3
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A new enantiornithine bird from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, China, and its implications for early avian evolution

Dongyu Hu Paleontological Institute of Shenyang Normal University, 253 North Huanghe Street, Shenyang, 110034, China
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Xing Xu Paleontological Institute of Shenyang Normal University, 253 North Huanghe Street, Shenyang, 110034, China; Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xiwai Street, Beijing, 100044, China
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Lianhai Hou Paleontological Institute of Shenyang Normal University, 253 North Huanghe Street, Shenyang, 110034, China; Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xiwai Street, Beijing, 100044, China
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Corwin Sullivan Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 142 Xiwai Street, Beijing, 100044, China
Pages 639-645 | Received 05 Apr 2011, Accepted 18 Dec 2011, Published online: 03 May 2012

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Zhiheng Li, Zhonghe Zhou, Min Wang & Julia A. Clarke. (2015) A new specimen of large-bodied basal Enantiornithine Bohaiornis from the Early Cretaceous of China and the inference of feeding ecology in Mesozoic birds . Journal of Paleontology 88:1, pages 99-108.
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