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A novel feeding mechanism of diplodocid sauropods revealed in an Apatosaurine skull from the Upper Jurassic Nail Quarry (Morrison Formation) at Como Bluff, Wyoming, USA
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Peterson, Joseph E., Lovelace, David, Connely, Melissa, McHugh, Julia B. (2022): A novel feeding mechanism of diplodocid sauropods revealed in an Apatosaurine skull from the Upper Jurassic Nail Quarry (Morrison Formation) at Como Bluff, Wyoming, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica (a21) 25 (2): 1-23, DOI: 10.26879/1216, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1216
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