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... Family Plegadornithidae Fossil only ; 1 species ; Upper Cretaceous of Alabama . Suborder Phoenicopteri + Family Torotigidae Fossil only ; 3 monotypic genera ; Cretaceous of western Eu- rope and western North America . + Family ...
... Family Plegadornithidae Fossil only ; 1 species ; Upper Cretaceous of Alabama . Suborder Phoenicopteri + Family Torotigidae Fossil only ; 3 monotypic genera ; Cretaceous of western Eu- rope and western North America . + Family ...
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... Family Gastornithidae . Upper Paleocene of Europe ; 5 species ; large , flightless . + Family Diatrymidae . Upper Paleocene to middle Eocene ; North America and Europe ; 4 species ; large flightless preda- tors . Suborder Grues Adults ...
... Family Gastornithidae . Upper Paleocene of Europe ; 5 species ; large , flightless . + Family Diatrymidae . Upper Paleocene to middle Eocene ; North America and Europe ; 4 species ; large flightless preda- tors . Suborder Grues Adults ...
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... family planning took place before public family services were es- tablished and at considerable emotional and physical costs to many couples . By contrast , the majority of the gov- ernments of contemporary Third World countries have ...
... family planning took place before public family services were es- tablished and at considerable emotional and physical costs to many couples . By contrast , the majority of the gov- ernments of contemporary Third World countries have ...
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