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A Miocene ostrich fossil from Gansu Province, northwest China

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  1. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China

    Lianhai Hou, Zhonghe Zhou & Fucheng Zhang

  2. Peking Union Medical College, 100730, Beijing, China

    Zhao Wang

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Hou, L., Zhou, Z., Zhang, F. et al. A Miocene ostrich fossil from Gansu Province, northwest China. Chin.Sci.Bull. 50, 1808–1810 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1360/982005-575

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