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Witmer, L. M., R. C. Ridgely, D. L. Dufeau, and M. C.

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Fig. 6.1. The extant phylogenetic bracket (<strong>Witmer</strong> 1995) of nonavian dinosaurs, as exemplified fi by the sauropod dinosaur<br />

Camarasaurus lentus (CM 11338, in left lateral view). The extant outgroups of the fossil taxa provide information on<br />

attributes such as soft-tissue morphology <strong>and</strong> behavior that are not preserved in the fossils. The extant outgroups of<br />

nonavian dinosaurs are crocodilians (as exemplified fi by Crocodylus johnstoni, OUVC 10425, in dorsal view) <strong>and</strong> birds<br />

(as exemplified fi by Bubo virginianus, OUVC 10220, in left rostrolateral view with Mus musculus [OUVC 10449] in its<br />

jaws). The images are surfaces renderings of CT scan data, with the skull rendered semitransparent revealing the cranial<br />

endocast (in blue) <strong>and</strong> other structures.

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