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Osteology of Falcarius utahensis (Dinosauria: Theropoda): characterizing the anatomy of basal therizinosaurs

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Zanno, Lindsay E. (2010): Osteology of Falcarius utahensis (Dinosauria: Theropoda): characterizing the anatomy of basal therizinosaurs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158 (1): 196-230, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00464.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00464.x

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