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Systematic reinterpretation of Piksi barbarulna Varricchio, 2002 from the Two Medicine Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Western USA (Montana) as a pterosaur rather than a bird

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Agnolin, Federico L., Varricchio, David (2012): Systematic reinterpretation of Piksi barbarulna Varricchio, 2002 from the Two Medicine Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Western USA (Montana) as a pterosaur rather than a bird. Geodiversitas 34 (4): 883-894, DOI: 10.5252/g2012n4a10, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2012n4a10

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