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Article: Giant Eocene bird footprints from Northwest Washington, USA

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2012
Page(s): 1293 – 1305
Author(s): George E. Mustoe, David S. Tucker and Keith L. Kemplin
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MUSTOE, G. E., TUCKER, D. S., KEMPLIN, K. L. 2012. Giant Eocene bird footprints from Northwest Washington, USA. Palaeontology, 55, 6, 1293–1305.

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