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Article: The first diplodocid from Asia and its implications for the evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2009
Page(s): 1195 – 1207
Author(s): Paul Upchurch and Philip D. Mannion
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UPCHURCH, P., MANNION, P. D. 2009. The first diplodocid from Asia and its implications for the evolutionary history of sauropod dinosaurs. Palaeontology, 52, 6, 1195–1207.

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