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Article: A new peculiar dinosaur egg, Sankofa pyrenaica oogen. nov. oosp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous coastal deposits of the Aren Formation, south-central Pyrenees, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2012
Page(s): 325 – 339
Author(s): <p>Nieves L&oacute;pez-Mart&iacute;nez and Enric Vicens</p>
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LÓPEZ-MART͍NEZ, N., VICENS, E. 2012. A new peculiar dinosaur egg, Sankofa pyrenaica oogen. nov. oosp. nov. from the Upper Cretaceous coastal deposits of the Aren Formation, south-central Pyrenees, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Palaeontology, 55, 2, 325–339.

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