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Image: LH V0011 & MPC-D 107 17 lower jaws

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Description: Comparative diagram between the hemimandible remains of LH V0011 (top), and MPC-D 107/17 (bottom). LH V0011 belongs to the holotype specimen of Gigantoraptor erlianensis,[1] and MPC-D 107/17 to an unnamed giant caenagnathid from the Bayan Shireh Formation.[2] References

↑ (2017). "Functional anatomy of a giant toothless mandible from a bird-like dinosaur: Gigantoraptor and the evolution of the oviraptorosaurian jaw". Scientific Reports 7. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-15709-7. PMID 29176627. PMC: 5701234.

↑ (2015). "A gigantic caenagnathid oviraptorosaurian (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia". Cretaceous Research 56: 60−65. DOI:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.03.007.
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