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Cranial Osteology of the Theropod Dinosaur Incisivosaurus gauthieri (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria)

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Balanoff, Amy M., Xu, Xing, Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu, Matsufune, Yusuke, Norell, Mark A. (2009): Cranial Osteology of the Theropod Dinosaur Incisivosaurus gauthieri (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria). American Museum Novitates 3651: 1-36, DOI: 10.1206/644.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/644.1

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