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The interrelationships and evolution of basal theropod dinosaurs

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Rauhut, Oliver W. M. (2003): The interrelationships and evolution of basal theropod dinosaurs. Special papers in palaeontology 69: 1-213, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3382576

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