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Article: Unique maniraptoran egg clutch from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana reveals theropod nesting behaviour

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2008
Page(s): 1253 – 1259
Author(s): Darla K. Zelenitsky and François Therrien
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