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Tracking Late Jurassic ornithopods in the Lusitanian Basin of Portugal: Ichnotaxonomic implications

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Castanera, Diego, Silva, Bruno C., Santos, Vanda F., Malafaia, Elisabete, Belvedere, Matteo (2020): Tracking Late Jurassic ornithopods in the Lusitanian Basin of Portugal: Ichnotaxonomic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65 (2): 399-412, DOI: 10.4202/app.00707.2019, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00707.2019

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