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First report on quill pits in early penguins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Piotr Jadwiszczak  and
Thomas Mörs
Piotr Jadwiszczak*
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1J, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland
Thomas Mörs
Affiliation:
Department of Paleobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
*
piotrj@uwb.edu.pl
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Earth Sciences - Short Note
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Antarctic Science , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , June 2016 , pp. 217 - 218
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© Antarctic Science Ltd 2016 

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