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Osteology of the two-fingered oviraptorid Oksoko avarsan (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria)

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  • 1. Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Funston, Gregory F. (2024): Osteology of the two-fingered oviraptorid Oksoko avarsan (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (3): 1-47, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae011, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae011

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