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Short Note: New data on morphology of late Eocene penguins and implications for their geographic distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2011

Piotr Jadwiszczak*
Affiliation:
Instytut Biologii, Uniwersytet w Białymstoku, ul. Świerkowa 20B, 15-950 Białystok, Poland

Abstract

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Earth Sciences
Copyright
Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2011

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