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Article: An associated partial skeleton of Jainosaurus cf. septentrionalis (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Chhota Simla, Central India

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2011
Page(s): 981 – 998
Author(s): Jeffrey A. Wilson, Paul M. Barrett and Matthew T. Carrano
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WILSON, J. A., BARRETT, P. M., CARRANO, M. T. 2011. An associated partial skeleton of Jainosaurus cf. septentrionalis (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Chhota Simla, Central India. Palaeontology, 54, 5, 981–998.

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