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Variation, Variability, and the Origin of the Avian Endocranium: Insights from the Anatomy of Alioramus altai (Theropoda: Tyrannosauroidea)

The internal braincase anatomy of the holotype of Alioramus altai, a relatively small-bodied tyrannosauroid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, was studied using high-resolution computed tomography. A number of derived characters strengthen the diagnosis of this taxon as both a tyrannosauroid and...

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Autores principales: Bever, Gabe S., Brusatte, Stephen L., Balanoff, Amy M., Norell, Mark A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3154410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21853125
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023393