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All maniraptorans are closer to Neornithes than to Oviraptor.
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Agnolín, F.L., Novas, F.E. (2013). Systematic Palaeontology. In: Avian Ancestors. SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5637-3_3
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