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Angst, D., Buffetaut, E. & Abourachid, A. In defence of the slim dodo: a reply to Louchart and Mourer-Chauviré. Naturwissenschaften 98, 359–360 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-011-0772-5
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