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The Osteology Of Balaur Bondoc, An Island-Dwelling Dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) From The Late Cretaceous Of Romania

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  • 1. Division of Paleontology American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024 Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Columbia University, New York, NY; and School of GeoSciences University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 2. Department of Natural Sciences Transylvanian Museum Society (EME) Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • 3. Department of Geology University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
  • 4. Department of Anatomical Sciences Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY AKINOBU WATANABE Department of Biological Science Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History
  • 5. Department of Biological Science Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL MARK A. NORELL Division of Paleontology American Museum of Natural History, and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Columbia University, New York, NY

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Brusatte, Stephen L., Vremir, Mátyás, Csiki-Sava, Zoltán, Turner, Alan H., Watanabe, Akinobu, Erickson, Gregory M., Norell, Mark A. (2013): The Osteology Of Balaur Bondoc, An Island-Dwelling Dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) From The Late Cretaceous Of Romania. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2013 (374): 1-100, DOI: 10.1206/798.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/798.1

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