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First report on hind-toe development in Eocene Antarctic penguins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2013

Piotr Jadwiszczak*
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, University of Białystok, Świerkowa 20B, 15-950 Białystok, Poland
Andrzej Gaździcki
Affiliation:
Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland

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Earth Sciences
Copyright
Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2013 

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