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A gigantic phororhacoid(?) bird from Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Judd A. Case ,
Michael O. Woodburne  and
Dan S. Chaney
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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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 61 , Issue 6 , November 1987 , pp. 1280 - 1284
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