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Historical Biology
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Original Articles

Ontogenetic changes in long-bone histology of an ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan

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Pages 715-729 | Received 20 Jul 2016, Accepted 02 Sep 2016, Published online: 16 Sep 2016

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