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A Carnivorous Dinosaur: A Reconstructed Skeleton of a Huge Saurian

1907; Springer Nature; Volume: 97; Issue: 24 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/scientificamerican12141907-446

1946-7087

Walter L. Beasley,

Ecology and biodiversity studies

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