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Avimimus (was Re: New alvarezsaurid)


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> >Is this in any way similar to the carpometacarpoid form of *Avimimus'* 
> >manus? In Kurzanov 1981 (or 1983) the metacarpals are shown partially 
> >fused to one another. 

Is the carpometacarpus and metatarsals (which are arctometatarsalian, and 
thought by some to come from an alvarezsaurid) part of the original specimen of 
_Avimimus_ (PIN 3907/1), described by Kurzanov in 1981? 

Tim Williams