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The osteology of Shaochilong maortuensis, a carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Asia

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Brusatte, Stephen L., Chure, Daniel J., Benson, Roger B. J., Xu, Xing (2010): The osteology of Shaochilong maortuensis, a carcharodontosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Asia. Zootaxa 2334: 1-46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.193148

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