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Article: First evidence of stegosaurian Deltapodus footprints in North Africa (Iouaridène Formation, Upper Jurassic, Morocco)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2010
Page(s): 233 – 240
Author(s): Matteo Belvedere and Paolo Mietto
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BELVEDERE, M., MIETTO, P. 2010. First evidence of stegosaurian Deltapodus footprints in North Africa (Iouaridène Formation, Upper Jurassic, Morocco). Palaeontology, 53, 1, 233–240.

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