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Ontogeny and variation of the pachycephalosaurine dinosaur Sphaerotholus buchholtzae, and its systematics within the genus

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Woodruff, D Cary, Goodwin, Mark B, Lyson, Tyler R, Evans, David C (2021): Ontogeny and variation of the pachycephalosaurine dinosaur Sphaerotholus buchholtzae, and its systematics within the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193: 563-601, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa179, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa179/6125117

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