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A new titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil

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Machado, Elaine B., Avilla, Leonardo Dos S., Nava, William R., Campos, Diogenes De A., Kellner, Alexander W. A. (2013): A new titanosaur sauropod from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. Zootaxa 3701 (3): 301-321, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.3.1

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