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A Field Guide to Mesozoic Birds and
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To my wife Rashida, For always bugg
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Enantiornithiformes................
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Introduction
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up of remains from various reptiles
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enough information about their plum
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Bird Origins & Evolution
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fur-like filaments called pycnofibr
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This same group (Chuniaoae) is wher
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Oviraptor ~ Caenagnathus Oviraptori
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Ornithothoraces Chiappe & Calvo 199
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Hesperornithidae Marsh 1872 [Clarke
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Subfamily Oviraptorinae Osborn 1924
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Glossary • Alula: Vaned, pennaceo
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References Benton, M.J. (2004). Ver
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nonychus antirrhopus (Saurischia, T
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Matthew P. Martyniuk is an illustra