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Article: A revision of the problematic sauropodomorph dinosaurs from Manchester, Connecticut and the status of Anchisaurus Marsh

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2010
Page(s): 739 – 752
Author(s): Adam M. Yates
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YATES, A. M. 2010. A revision of the problematic sauropodomorph dinosaurs from Manchester, Connecticut and the status of Anchisaurus Marsh. Palaeontology, 53, 4, 739–752.

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