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Article: A new basal lineage of Early Cretaceous birds from China and its implications on the evolution of the avian tail

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2008
Page(s): 775 – 791
Author(s): Chunling Gao, Luis M. Chiappe, Qinjing Meng, Jingmai K. O'Connor, Xuri Wang, Xiaodong Cheng and Jinyuan Liu
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GAO, C., CHIAPPE, L. M., MENG, Q., O'CONNOR, J. K., WANG, X., CHENG, X., LIU, J. 2008. A new basal lineage of Early Cretaceous birds from China and its implications on the evolution of the avian tail. Palaeontology, 51, 4, 775–791.

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