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... America and Europe ; 4 species ; large flightless preda- tors . Suborder Grues Adults with down feathers in both ... America ; 7 species known . + Family Bathornithidae . Fossil only ; lower Oligocene to lower Miocene ; North America ; 8 ...
... America and Europe ; 4 species ; large flightless preda- tors . Suborder Grues Adults with down feathers in both ... America ; 7 species known . + Family Bathornithidae . Fossil only ; lower Oligocene to lower Miocene ; North America ; 8 ...
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... America entral America , in the strictest sense , is a region of North America that lies between Mexico and Panama , the latter a part of Colombia until 1903 and thus sometimes technically still included in South America . ( Geologists ...
... America entral America , in the strictest sense , is a region of North America that lies between Mexico and Panama , the latter a part of Colombia until 1903 and thus sometimes technically still included in South America . ( Geologists ...
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... America and , to a lesser extent , adjoining North America have added a rich immigrant flora to that indigenous to the isthmus . A generous supply of solar energy , and the relative ab- sence of environmental stress in lowland areas ...
... America and , to a lesser extent , adjoining North America have added a rich immigrant flora to that indigenous to the isthmus . A generous supply of solar energy , and the relative ab- sence of environmental stress in lowland areas ...
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