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New protoceratopsid specimens improve the age correlation of the Upper Cretaceous Gobi Desert strata

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Czepiński, Łukasz (2020): New protoceratopsid specimens improve the age correlation of the Upper Cretaceous Gobi Desert strata. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65 (3): 481-497, DOI: 10.4202/app.00701.2019, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00701.2019

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