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A Large Alvarezsaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia

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Turner, Alan H., Nesbitt, Sterling J., Norell, Mark A. (2009): A Large Alvarezsaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3648: 1-16, DOI: 10.1206/639.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/639.1

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