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Pennaraptoran Theropod Dinosaurs Past Progress And New Frontiers

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  • 1. Vertebrate Palaeontology Laboratory Division of Earth and Planetary Science The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology and CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing

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Pittman, Michael, Xu, Xing (2020): Pennaraptoran Theropod Dinosaurs Past Progress And New Frontiers. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2020 (440): 1-353, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.440.1.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090.440.1.1

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