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- noun Any
dinosaur , of the clade Maniraptoriformes, thought to be the common ancestors of allbirds
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Evolution of a primitive air pump involving the sternum and ribs in maniraptoriform theropods, the group that includes today's birds, before the close of the Jurassic.
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