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Article: Fossil cocoons associated with a dinosaur egg from Patagonia, Argentina

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2011
Page(s): 815 – 823
Author(s): Jorge F. Genise and Laura C. Sarzetti
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GENISE, J. F., SARZETTI, L. C. 2011. Fossil cocoons associated with a dinosaur egg from Patagonia, Argentina. Palaeontology, 54, 4, 815–823.

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