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A gigantic phororhacoid(?) bird from Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Judd A. Case
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside 92521 and
Michael O. Woodburne
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside 92521 and
Dan S. Chaney
Affiliation:
Department of Paleobiology, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560

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Paleontological Notes
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