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Article: A second Gondwanan diplodocid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania, East Africa

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2007
Page(s): 653 – 667
Author(s): Kristian Remes
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REMES, K. 2007. A second Gondwanan diplodocid dinosaur from the Upper Jurassic Tendaguru Beds of Tanzania, East Africa. Palaeontology, 50, 3, 653–667.

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