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An Older and Exceptionally Large Adult Specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex

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Persons, Scott W, Currie, Philip J., Erickson, Gregory M. (2019): An Older and Exceptionally Large Adult Specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex. The Anatomical Record 302: 1-17, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24118

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