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7 01, 2024

Recommending a Favourite Dinosaur Book for Dinosaur Fans

By | January 7th, 2024|Book Reviews, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur videos, Famous Figures, Main Page, Palaeontological articles|0 Comments

Whilst preparing a YouTube video on the new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Polacanthus model, we frequently consulted one of our favourite dinosaur books. “Dinosaurs of the British Isles” by Dr Dean Lomax and Nobumichi Tamura first went into print about ten years ago. It is a comprehensive overview of dinosaurs from Britain. Around a hundred different genera are discussed.

We like this informative book so much that we made a YouTube short about it.

A YouTube short about the book “Dinosaurs of the British Isles” by Dean Lomax and Nobumichi Tamura.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

Published by Siri Scientific Press this fantastic dinosaur book is available here: Siri Scientific Press.

When on the Siri Scientific Press website, just search for Dean Lomax and you will find the dinosaur book.

Recommending a Favourite Dinosaur Book

The book contains a foreword by the renowned British palaeontologist Professor Paul Barrett. It then outlines the early history of palaeontology in the UK highlighting the contributions of Mary Anning, the Reverend William Buckland and Richard Owen. Chapters are dedicated to different geological periods during the Mesozoic and the reader is taken from the Early Triassic to end of the age of dinosaurs.

Everything Dinosaur’s review of “Dinosaurs of the British Isles”: “Dinosaurs of the British Isles” Reviewed.

Dinosaur Britain - Dinosaurs of the British Isles.
A comprehensive guide to British dinosaurs over 400 pages.

Visit the website of Dr Dean Lomax: Dean Lomax British Palaeontologist.

“Dinosaurs of the British Isles”

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur explained that they were preparing a video on the CollectA Deluxe Polacanthus figure, and the book provided helpful information. “Dinosaurs of the British Isles” provides a unique account of dinosaur discoveries from the UK. The text and photographs of the fossils associated with Polacanthus foxii proved to be extremely helpful when devising the video script.

The new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe 1:20 scale Polacanthus is a remarkable dinosaur model. It challenges perceptions concerning this armoured dinosaur. The model is devoid of pre sacral spines and there are spines on the upper arm of the model. Everything Dinosaur team members set out to understand the science behind this prehistoric animal figure.

CollectA Deluxe Polacanthus.
The new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe 1:20 scale Polacanthus figure.

To view the CollectA Deluxe range of prehistoric animal models: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Animals.

A Useful Dinosaur Book

The spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur praised “Dinosaurs of the British Isles” and commented:

“The book is ten years old, but it still provides a detailed overview of the history of British dinosaurs. The beautiful pictures of fossils, particularly those of Polacanthus and other armoured dinosaurs provided invaluable assistance as we prepared our Polacanthus video script.”

The spokesperson went onto add:

“We highly recommend this book, it provides the first, comprehensive account on the dinosaurs of the British Isles.”

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5 01, 2024

A New Nanotyrannus Video

By | January 5th, 2024|Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

A new scientific paper published this week postulated that Nanotyrannus (N. lancensis) is a valid taxon. The study was published in the journal “Fossil Studies”. Several lines of scientific enquiry were explored, and the researchers concluded the fossil material ascribed to Nanotyrannus probably did not represent examples of juvenile T. rex.

One of the authors of the study is Dr Nicholas Longrich of the University of Bath. The other author is fellow palaeontologist Dr Evan Saitta, a PhD graduate of the University of Bristol and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago.

Everything Dinosaur team members created a short video to highlight this research.

Is Nanotyrannus (N. lancensis) a valid taxon? A new scientific study suggests that it is. Video credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

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Nanotyrannus Models

The debate surrounding the validity of Nanotyrannus is likely to continue. Indeed, this taxon has attracted controversy ever since it was first formally erected in 1946 (Gilmore). However, model manufacturers have produced Nanotyrannus figures. For example, in 2021 PNSO introduced “Logan the Nanotyrannus” and Safari Ltd have made a Dino Dana Nanotyrannus (see below).

Dino Dana Nanotyrannus dinosaur model.
The Dino Dana Nanotyrannus dinosaur model. Picture credit: Safari Ltd.

Dinosaur fans and model collectors can discuss the validity of this taxon and perhaps these tyrannosaurs can do battle with other tyrannosaur figures animals such as Tarbosaurus and of course Tyrannosaurus rex.

To view the range of Safari Ltd prehistoric animal models including Dino Dana figures: Safari Ltd. Wild Safari Prehistoric World.

T. rex Ontogeny

More than twenty Tyrannosaurus rex specimens have been described. Palaeontologists are aware that this dinosaur changed its body plan dramatically as it grew and matured. A juvenile T. rex had a proportionately much smaller head, a slender neck and longer legs than the adults. This change in body shape is so dramatic that in all likelihood, juveniles behaved very differently than mature animals. They also probably hunted in different ways.

It is as if adult and juvenile T. rex were different species. If this is the case, then juveniles occupied a very different niche in the ecosystem compared to the fully-grown tyrannosaurs. This helps to explain the confusion over the taxonomy of all the tyrannosaur specimens currently assigned to Nanotyrannus lancensis/Tyrannosaurus rex.

The scientific paper: “Taxonomic Status of Nanotyrannus lancensis (Dinosauria: Tyrannosauroidea) — A Distinct Taxon of Small-Bodied Tyrannosaur” by Nicholas R. Longrich and Evan T. Saitta published in Fossil Studies.

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18 12, 2023

Did Moros intrepidus Have Two Digits or Three?

By | December 18th, 2023|Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

The Schleich Moros intrepidus model is now in stock at Everything Dinosaur. Everything Dinosaur team members asked their customers about the number of digits on this dinosaur’s hand. When first described (2019), this dinosaur was depicted in the media release notes with two digits. However, metacarpals and phalanges of this dinosaur are unknown. Hand bones and finger bones have not been found. So, we asked the question – did Moros intrepidus have two digits or three on each hand?

Team members created a YouTube video short exploring this topic.

Everything Dinosaur asks a question about the number of digits on the manus of the Late Cretaceous theropod Moros intrepidus. Did it have two digits or three?

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

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Our thanks to all those fans, followers and customers who have expressed an opinion.

Schleich Dinosaur Models

The first four new for 2024 Schleich dinosaur models are now in stock. These models may not be that scientifically accurate. However, they are popular with young dinosaur fans as they are ideal for robust, creative play.

New Schleich dinosaur models (2024).
Five new Schleich dinosaur models and one repainted Brachiosaurus figure. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The four new Schleich figures in stock (December 2023) are:

  • Moros intrepidus.
  • Allosaurus.
  • Concavenator.
  • Bajadasaurus.

To view the range of Schleich prehistoric animal models: Schleich Prehistoric Animal Models and Figures.

The Schleich Moros dinosaur model has two digits on each hand. However, other members of the Tyrannosauroidea superfamily had three digits per hand. For example, dinosaurs such as Guanlong (G. wucaii) and Proceratosaurus (P. bradleyi) are thought to have had three digits on the hand.

With palaeontology, one single fossil bone can change perceptions about a prehistoric animal. If the phalanges of Moros are discovered then scientists will have a definitive answer to this question (probably).

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17 12, 2023

New Schleich Moros intrepidus – Two Digits or Three?

By | December 17th, 2023|Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Press Releases|0 Comments

The new for 2024 Schleich Moros intrepidus model is in stock at Everything Dinosaur. Schleich have given their Moros figure two digits on each hand, do you think this is correct? The manus of this tyrannosauroid is unknown. No fossils of hand bones or fingers have been found, as far as we at Everything Dinosaur are aware. Did this distant relative of Tyrannosaurus rex have two fingers on each hand?

We will post up a brief video on our social media pages asking this question shortly.

Did Moros intrepidus have two digits on each hand or three?
Did Moros intrepidus have two digits on each hand or three? What do you think? Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Moros intrepidus – Two Digits on the Hand or Three?

This small tyrannosauroid lived around thirty million years before T. rex evolved. When it was described (Zanno et al, 2019), the illustration that accompanied the media notes showed this dinosaur with two digits per hand.

Life reconstruction Moros intrepidus.
Moros intrepidus from the Late Cretaceous of central Utah.

Picture credit: Jorge Gonzalez

To read Everything Dinosaur’s blog post from 2019 about this dinosaur: Fleet-footed Tyrannosaur Leaps 70 Million Year Gap.

Earlier tyrannosauroids had three digits on each hand. So, the question is how many digits on each hand did Moros have? In Everything Dinosaur’s short video, we ask our fans, followers and customers for their views.

The Schleich Moros intrepidus figure.
The new for 2024 Schleich Moros intrepidus figure.

To view the range of Schleich dinosaur and prehistoric animal figures available from Everything Dinosaur: Schleich Prehistoric Animal Models.

Knowledgeable Customers

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented that their customers were very knowledgeable and well-informed. The spokesperson added:

“Our customers and social media followers know a lot about prehistoric animals. We look forward to receiving their views and comments about the digits of Moros intrepidus.”

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13 12, 2023

New CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor Video

By | December 13th, 2023|Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products|0 Comments

As promised, Everything Dinosaur has produced a video of the new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor model. This new 1:6 scale Velociraptor will be available in the middle of 2024. This new CollectA figure commemorates the centenary of the formal scientific description of this famous dinosaur.

In this video (duration fifteen minutes), the narrator reviews this new figure and outlines some of the anatomical features of this theropod. The suggestion of scent glands associated with the cloaca is discussed and the addition of a propatagium on the wing is highlighted.

The new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor model reflects some of the very latest research into the Dinosauria.

Everything Dinosaur looks at a prototype of the new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe 1:6 scale Velociraptor model.

The CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor Figure

The Velociraptor figure measures around 32 centimetres in length. The narrator looks at the scale model and comments on its scale accuracy. In addition, the 1924 scientific paper is discussed and the relationship between Velociraptor mongoliensis and Protoceratops andrewsi explored.

To view the range of CollectA Deluxe scale figures in stock at Everything Dinosaur: CollectA Deluxe Age of Dinosaurs.

The new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor.
The new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Velociraptor Video Contents

The video review has been broken into numerous small segments. Viewers can dip in and out of this video review. There is a section that explains about the depiction of the digits. In addition, information about when this model will be in stock at Everything Dinosaur is provided.

Video Contents

0:00 – Introducing a New Velociraptor.
0:43 – Velociraptor Prototype.
1:52 – Subscribe!
2:04 – Examining the Model!
4:12 – Killer Toes and the Wings.
6:18 – Velociraptor Scent Glands!
8:27 – Discovery in 1924.
10:45 – Propatagium!
12:50 – In Stock When?
13:14 – Question of the Day!
14:00 – Follow us on Social Media.
14:45 – Where to Buy CollectA Models.
15:15 – Thank You!

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In Stock Around the Middle of 2024

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur confirmed that the new CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor figure would be in stock around the middle of 2024.

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28 11, 2023

New CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor Model Video Review

By | November 28th, 2023|Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products|0 Comments

The next Everything Dinosaur YouTube review will feature the recently announced new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe 1:6 scale Velociraptor model. It is likely to be posted up on the company’s YouTube channel in a few days. The video will feature an early prototype Velociraptor figure.

Team members will review the CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor model, a figure which is due to be in stock at Everything Dinosaur by the middle of 2024.

CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor model.
Everything Dinosaur’s next YouTube video will feature the new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe 1:6 scale Velociraptor model. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The Everything Dinosaur YouTube channel contains dozens of CollectA model video reviews. We have plans to release a video highlighting all seven of the new for 2024 CollectA prehistoric animal figures.

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The CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor Model

The CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor is in approximate 1:6 scale. The early prototype figure we highlight in the video review is about the actual size of the production figures. It measures 32 cm long. At a scale of 1:6 a fully-grown Velociraptor would be 1.92 metres in length. At this size, it is within the parameters for Velociraptor mongoliensis proposed by most palaeontologists.

The CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor model.
CollectA Deluxe Velociraptor model.

To view the range of CollectA scale models available from Everything Dinosaur: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Animal Figures.

The Velociraptor genus was erected in 1924, when Velociraptor mongoliensis was formally described (Osborn). CollectA plans to introduce a new, updated Velociraptor to celebrate a hundred years since this dinosaur was named.

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18 11, 2023

CollectA Dreadnoughtus A New Video Review

By | November 18th, 2023|Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur team members have posted up a CollectA Dreadnoughtus video review. This short video, it lasts under ten minutes, can be found on the company’s YouTube channel. The video discusses the fossil material associated with this titanosaur and examines a Dreadnoughtus prototype model in detail.

Everything Dinosaur’s video review of the CollectA Deluxe 1:100 Scale Dreadnoughtus.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

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CollectA Dreadnoughtus Video Review

Recently, Everything Dinosaur in collaboration with CollectA announced the second batch of new for 2024 prehistoric animal figures. The Dreadnoughtus video provides an overview of the CollectA Deluxe replica. It is due to be in stock at Everything Dinosaur early in 2024.

CollectA Deluxe video review.
The Dreadnoughtus figure that features in the CollectA Deluxe video review. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view the range of CollectA Deluxe scale prehistoric animal models currently in stock: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Life Models.

Video Contents
0:00 – Introducing Dreadnoughtus.
0:30 – Dreadnoughtus Prototype.
1:04 – Subscribe!
1:15 – Reviewing the Prototype!
3:28 – Dreadnoughtus Fossils.
4:48 – Debate about the Weight!
6:09 – The Dreadnoughtus Name.
7:17 – Available early 2024.
7:46 – Question of the Day!
8:42 – Follow us on Social Media.
9:09 – Where to Buy CollectA Models.
9:40 – Thank You!

Dreadnoughtus schrani

This huge sauropod was formally described in 2014 (Lacovara et al). Fossils representing two individual animals were excavated from outcrops of the Cerro Fortaleza Formation in Santa Cruz Province, Patagonia. The discovery of well-preserved limb bones enabled the research team to use limb bone circumference calculations to estimate the body weight of this leviathan. At the time of publication, it was suggested that Dreadnoughtus could have weighed more than 59 tonnes. The specimen upon which this body mass estimate was based, was not fully grown.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur confirmed that this new for 2024 CollectA figure would be in stock early in 2024. No arrival date had been confirmed at this time, but the figure could be in stock around March 2024.

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14 11, 2023

CollectA Deluxe Dreadnoughtus Video Review

By | November 14th, 2023|Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur News and Updates, Everything Dinosaur Products, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products|0 Comments

The next Everything Dinosaur YouTube review will feature the recently announced new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Dreadnoughtus model. It is likely to be posted up on the company’s YouTube channel later this week. The video will feature a Dreadnoughtus 1:100 scale prototype figure.

CollectA Deluxe Dreadnoughtus video review.
We will post up shortly (within 2-3 days) a video review featuring a CollectA Deluxe Dreadnoughtus prototype dinosaur model. The video will be hosted on the Everything Dinosaur YouTube channel. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view the range of CollectA Deluxe scale models in stock at Everything Dinosaur: CollectA Deluxe Age of Dinosaurs Models.

CollectA Deluxe Dreadnoughtus YouTube Video Review

A spokesperson for the UK-based mail order company explained that the video was currently being edited and there was a short section describing the fossil discovery still to be filmed. It was hoped that the YouTube video would be posted up in a few days.

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CollectA Deluxe Dreadnoughtus in posterior view.
The CollectA Deluxe Dreadnoughtus in posterior view.

Dreadnoughtus was scientifically described in 2014 (Lacovara et al). Although body mass estimates have been challenged it remains one of the largest terrestrial vertebrates known to science. The genus contains a single species D. schrani. Two skeletons were found, and between them about 45% of the total skeleton of this huge titanosaur has been documented and described.

Dreadnoughtus Video

The video will highlight some of the features on the prototype model. It will cover colour choice, the arrangement of the dermal armour and the inclusion of thumb claws. The narrator will ask what other sauropod figures would you like CollectA to make?

This video is one of a series of Everything Dinosaur YouTube videos that focus on the new model introductions from CollectA. The CollectA Deluxe Dreadnoughtus video review will be posted up on the Everything Dinosaur YouTube channel in a few days.

The actual model will be in stock at Everything Dinosaur early in 2024.

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9 11, 2023

CollectA Deluxe Dearc sgiathanach Video Review

By | November 9th, 2023|Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur has posted up a video review of the new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Dearc sgiathanach pterosaur model. This video review featuring a prototype figure has been posted on the company’s YouTube channel.

The video lasts a little under twelve minutes and consists of a model review plus some information on the Dearc sgiathanach fossil material.

Everything Dinosaur’s video review of the recently announced CollectA Deluxe 1:3 scale Dearc pterosaur figure.

Video credit: Everything Dinosaur

The CollectA Deluxe Dearc sgiathanach Pterosaur figure

The new for 2024 pterosaur replica is due to be in stock at Everything Dinosaur early in 2024. We do not know at this stage when it will arrive. However, team members promise to keep pterosaur model fans informed via the company’s social media platforms.

To view the current range of CollectA Deluxe prehistoric animal scale models available from Everything Dinosaur: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Life Models.

CollectA Deluxe Dearc sgiathanach in anterior view.
The Dearc sgiathanach model in anterior view. The pterosaur has an articulated lower jaw.

Video Contents

The stunning, single fossil specimen was discovered by University of Edinburgh PhD student Amelia Penny during a field trip to Brother’s Point on the Isle of Skye (2017). In our video review we highlight how the colour scheme chosen reflects this pterosaur’s Scottish links.

The video is split into several chapters:

0:00 – Introduction New CollectA Dearc Figure.
0:35 – The Dearc Prototype.
1:41 – Subscribe!
1:52 – Dearc Colouration.
2:51 – Links with Skye and Scotland.
3:32 – Teeth on the Model.
4:44 – Size of the Model.
5:48 – Fossil Discovery.
7:01 – Close view of the Head.
7:44 – Sub-adult Specimen.
8:20 – Pteroid Bones.
8:39 – Uropatagium.
9:17 – Available early 2024.
9:48 – Question of the Day! What other type of pterosaur would you like CollectA to make a model of?
10:35 – Buying CollectA Figures.

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A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented that the company planned to post up more information about new for 2024 CollectA prehistoric animals next Friday (10th November).

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5 11, 2023

New for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Dearc Model

By | November 5th, 2023|Adobe CS5, Dinosaur Fans, Everything Dinosaur Products, Everything Dinosaur videos, Main Page, Photos of Everything Dinosaur Products, Press Releases|0 Comments

Everything Dinosaur intends to post up a short video providing more information on the recently announced CollectA Deluxe Dearc sgiathanach pterosaur model. The video should be on the company’s YouTube channel in a few days.

Everything Dinosaur will post up a short video review of the new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Dearc sgiathanach pterosaur model.
Everything Dinosaur will post up a short video review of the new for 2024 CollectA Deluxe Dearc sgiathanach pterosaur model. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

To view the CollectA Deluxe range of scale prehistoric animal models: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Life.

CollectA Deluxe Dearc sgiathanach

An official image of the new for 2024 rhamphorhynchid has been released by CollectA. However, Everything Dinosaur has been sent additional photographs and they have also received a model from the prototype development phase of production.

A spokesperson for the UK-based mail order company stated:

“Everything Dinosaur has announced the first of the new for 2024 CollectA prehistoric animal figures, the remarkable CollectA Deluxe 1:3 scale Dearc. You have seen an official image, possibly one or two images if you follow the Everything Dinosaur blog, but let’s go one step further and show you one of the pre-production figures.”

CollectA Dearc close-up
A close-up view of the head and jaws of the new for 2024 CollectA Dearc pterosaur model. The lines on the tip of the mandible might mark the location of the rhamphothecae, the outer surface of the mandible that was covered in a thin sheath of keratin. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The Dearc sgiathanach Model

The CollectA Dearc sgiathanach model is scheduled to be available from Everything Dinosaur, early in 2024. It is one of the first of the new for 2024 prehistoric animal models to go into production. A spokesperson confirmed that it could be in stock as early as March (2024). The exact delivery date has yet to be determined. However, team members promise to keep collectors informed on social media.

The YouTube video providing more information on the new for 2024 CollectA Dearc sgiathanach will be posted up onto the company’s YouTube channel in a few days.

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