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Overosaurus paradasorum gen. et sp. nov., a new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauria: Lithostrotia) from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina

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  • 1. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas - Instituto de Investigaciones en Paleobiología y Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, General Roca (8332), Argentina. E-mail: rcoria@unrn.edu.ar, rodosnow@yahoo.com.ar & Subsecretaría de Cultura de Neuquén - Museo Carmen Funes, Plaza Huincul (8318), Argentina & Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (90000), USA. E-mail: chiappe@nhm.org
  • 2. Museo Municipal "Argentino Urquiza", Rincón de los Sauces (8319), Argentina. E-mail: lsfilippi@gmail.com
  • 3. Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (90000), USA. E-mail: chiappe@nhm.org
  • 4. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas - Instituto de Investigaciones en Paleobiología y Geología, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, General Roca (8332), Argentina. E-mail: rcoria@unrn.edu.ar, rodosnow@yahoo.com.ar
  • 5. Area de Zoología, Facultad de Química, Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad Nacional de San Luis,San Luis (5700), Argentina. E-mail: andrea.arcucci@gmail.com

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Coria, Rodolfo A., Filippi, Leonardo S., Chiappe, Luis M., García, Rodolfo, Arcucci, Andrea B. (2013): Overosaurus paradasorum gen. et sp. nov., a new sauropod dinosaur (Titanosauria: Lithostrotia) from the Late Cretaceous of Neuquén, Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 3683 (4): 357-376, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.2

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