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Article: High European sauropod dinosaur diversity during Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in Riodeva (Teruel, Spain)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2009
Page(s): 1009 – 1027
Author(s): Rafael Royo-Torres, Alberto Cobos, Luis Luque, Ainara Aberasturi, Eduardo Espílez, Ignacio Fierro, Ana González, Luis Mampel and Luis Alcalá
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ROYO-TORRES, R., COBOS, A., LUQUE, L., ABERASTURI, A., ESPÍLEZ, E., FIERRO, I., GONZÁLEZ, A., MAMPEL, L., ALCALÁ, L. 2009. High European sauropod dinosaur diversity during Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in Riodeva (Teruel, Spain). Palaeontology, 52, 5, 1009–1027.

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