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The Braincase Anatomy Of The Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Alioramus (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea)
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Bever, Gabe S., Brusatte, Stephen L., Carr, Thomas D., Xu, Xing, Balanoff, Amy M., Norell, Mark A. (2013): The Braincase Anatomy Of The Late Cretaceous Dinosaur Alioramus (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (376): 1-72, DOI: 10.1206/810.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/810.1
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