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An Early Ostrich Dinosaur and Implications for Ornithomimosaur Phylogeny

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JI, QIANG, NORELL, MARK A., MAKOVICKY, PETER J., GAO, KE-QIN, JI, SHU'AN, YUAN, CHONGXI (2003): An Early Ostrich Dinosaur and Implications for Ornithomimosaur Phylogeny. American Museum Novitates 3420 (1): 1-20, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2003)420<0001:AEODAI>2.0.CO;2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F0003-0082(2003)420%3C0001%3AAEODAI%3E2.0.CO%3B2

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