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Chupasko, and Eileen Westwig for access to collections. I am
grateful to Philip Rightmire, Eric Delson, W.E.H. Harcourt-Smith,
and Tina Warinner for useful comments during the process of
identification of the specimen, and for suggestions during the
preparation of this manuscript, and to Sarah Elton and two anonymous
reviewers for suggestions on earlier drafts of the
manuscripts.
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