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Article: Phylogenetic analysis of reproductive traits of maniraptoran theropods and its implications for egg parataxonomy

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2008
Page(s): 807 – 816
Author(s): Darla K. Zelenitsky and François Therrien
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ZELENITSKY, D. K., THERRIEN, F. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of reproductive traits of maniraptoran theropods and its implications for egg parataxonomy. Palaeontology, 51, 4, 807–816.

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