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Article: A new, large ornithomimid from the Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada: implications for the study of dissociated dinosaur remains

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2008
Page(s): 983 – 997
Author(s): Nick Longrich
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LONGRICH, N. 2008. A new, large ornithomimid from the Cretaceous Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, Canada: implications for the study of dissociated dinosaur remains. Palaeontology, 51, 4, 983–997.

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