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Evolutionary morphology of the coelurosaurian arctometatarsus: descriptive, morphometric and phylogenetic approaches

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Snively, Eric, Russell, Anthony P., Powell, G. Lawrence (2004): Evolutionary morphology of the coelurosaurian arctometatarsus: descriptive, morphometric and phylogenetic approaches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 142 (4): 525-553, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00137.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00137.x

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