Reconstruction of the forelimb musculature of the Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaur Oryctodromeus cubicularis: implications for digging

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• Submitted March 14, 2014; revisions received April 6, 2015; accepted June 18, 2015.
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• Handling editor: Emily Rayfield.
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