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- noun Plural form of
presbyornithid .
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Fossil birds belonging to the same groups as extant species, surely, used their bills in the same manner as extant species, so dodos, teratorns and presbyornithids almost certainly found their bills to be as essential for preening as do modern pigeons, raptors and ducks.
The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view Darren Naish 2006
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Fossil birds belonging to the same groups as extant species, surely, used their bills in the same manner as extant species, so dodos, teratorns and presbyornithids almost certainly found their bills to be as essential for preening as do modern pigeons, raptors and ducks.
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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