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The skull of Monolophosaurus jiangi (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and its implications for early theropod phylogeny and evolution

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Brusatte, Stephen L., Benson, Roger B. J., Currie, Philip J., Xijin, Zhao (2010): The skull of Monolophosaurus jiangi (Dinosauria: Theropoda) and its implications for early theropod phylogeny and evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158 (3): 573-607, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00563.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00563.x

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