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New sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Morella (Spain) provides new insights on the evolutionary history of Iberian somphospondylan titanosauriforms

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  • 1. Instituto Dom Luiz, Universidade de Lisboa, Edifício C6, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
  • 2. Grupo de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Avda. Esparta s/n, 28232 Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain
  • 3. Institut Català de Palaeontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carrer Escola Industrial 23, 08201 Sabadell, Spain
  • 4. Grup Guix, C/ Santa Lucia, 75, E-12540 Vila-real, Spain & Museo de Ciencias Naturales, C/ General Elio s/n, E-46010 València, Spain
  • 5. Grup Guix, C/ Santa Lucia, 75, E-12540 Vila-real, Spain & Àrea de Cristal•lografia i Mineralogia, Departament de Biologia, Bioquímica i Ciències Naturals, Universitat Jaume I, Av/de Vicent Sos Baynat, s/n, E-12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
  • 6. Grupo de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Avda. Esparta s/n, 28232 Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain & Unidad de Palaeontología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/ Darwin, 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain & Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, C/ de Valverde, 24, 28004 Madrid, Spain

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Mocho, Pedro, Escaso, Fernando, Gasulla, José M., Galobart, Àngel, Poza, Begoña, Santos-Cubedo, Andrés, Sanz, José L., Ortega, Francisco (2024): New sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Morella (Spain) provides new insights on the evolutionary history of Iberian somphospondylan titanosauriforms. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201 (201): 214-268, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad124, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/76af828d-3d52-3fc1-8f55-e11c3bdf1b2c/

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