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Article: The postcranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the small ornithischian dinosaur Changchunsaurus parvus from the Quantou Formation (Cretaceous: Aptian–Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, north-eastern China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2011
Page(s): 667 – 683
Author(s): Richard J. Butler, Jin Liyong, Chen Jun and Pascal Godefroit
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BUTLER, R. J., LIYONG, J., JUN, C., GODEFROIT, P. 2011. The postcranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the small ornithischian dinosaur Changchunsaurus parvus from the Quantou Formation (Cretaceous: Aptian–Cenomanian) of Jilin Province, north-eastern China. Palaeontology, 54, 3, 667–683.

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