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Fragmentary remains of ornithomimids (Ornithomimidae indet.) from the Lower Santonian (Upper Cretaceous) Kansai locality in northwestern Fergana (Tajikistan) are described, and the composition of its dinosaurian assemblage is updated.
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Original Russian Text © V.R. Alifanov, A.O. Averianov, 2006, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2006, No. 1, pp. 98–102.
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Alifanov, V.R., Averianov, A.O. On the finding of ornithomimid dinosaurs (Saurischia, Ornithomimosauria) in the Upper Cretaceous beds of Tajikistan. Paleontol. J. 40, 103–108 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030106010126
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