A large alvarezsaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3648, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Turner, Alan H ^a,b   Nesbitt, Sterling J ^b,c   Norell, Mark A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

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EID: 67849114641     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/639.1     Document Type: Article

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