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A large bird from the Early Cretaceous of China: new information on the skull of enantiornithines

Zihui Zhang College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, 100048, People's Republic of China
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Luis M. Chiappe Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, 90007, U.S.A.
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Gang Han Paleontology Center, Bohai University, Jinzhou, 121013, People's Republic of China
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Anusuya Chinsamy University of Cape Town, Biological Sciences, Private Bag X3, Rhodes Gift, 7701, South Africa
Pages 1176-1189 | Received 18 Sep 2012, Accepted 21 Dec 2012, Published online: 04 Sep 2013

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