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Article: An early herbivorous lizard from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2008
Page(s): 487 – 498
Author(s): Susan E. Evans and Makoto Manabe
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EVANS, S. E., MANABE, M. 2008. An early herbivorous lizard from the Lower Cretaceous of Japan. Palaeontology, 51, 2, 487–498.

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