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Article: Cranial and appendicular ontogeny of Bactrosaurus johnsoni, a hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of northern China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2011
Page(s): 773 – 792
Author(s): Albert Prieto-Márquez
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PRIETO-MÁRQUEZ, A. 2011. Cranial and appendicular ontogeny of Bactrosaurus johnsoni, a hadrosauroid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of northern China. Palaeontology, 54, 4, 773–792.

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