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Article: A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2010
Page(s): 945 – 960
Author(s): Nicholas R. Longrich, Philip J. Currie and Dong Zhi-Ming
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LONGRICH, N. R., CURRIE, P. J., ZHI-MING, D. 2010. A new oviraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bayan Mandahu, Inner Mongolia. Palaeontology, 53, 5, 945–960.

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