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Osteohistology of Confuciusornis sanctus (Theropoda: Aves)

A. J. De Ricqlès Équipe Formations Squelettiques, UMR 8570 CNRS, Université Paris VII, 75251 Paris cedex 05, France; Collège de France, Paris, France
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K. Padian Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720-3140, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected]
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J. R. Horner Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 59717-0040, U.S.A.
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E.-T. Lamm Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 59717-0040, U.S.A.
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N. Myhrvold Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 59717-0040, U.S.A.
Pages 373-386 | Received 04 Oct 2001, Accepted 19 Mar 2002, Published online: 02 Aug 2010

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