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Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod dinosaur Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong, 1997, from the Turpan Basin, China, and the evolution of hyper-robust antebrachia in sauropods

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  • 1. Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics of Vertebrates, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology & Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China & CAS Center of Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, 100044, China
  • 3. Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, U.K. & Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.

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Upchurch, Paul, Mannion, Philip D., Xu, Xing, Barrett, Paul M. (2021): Re-assessment of the Late Jurassic eusauropod dinosaur Hudiesaurus sinojapanorum Dong, 1997, from the Turpan Basin, China, and the evolution of hyper-robust antebrachia in sauropods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (e1994414) 41 (4): 1-31, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2021.1994414, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2021.1994414

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