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A new titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of North Patagonia, Argentina

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Filippi, Leonardo S., García, Rodolfo A., Garrido, Alberto C. (2011): A new titanosaur sauropod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of North Patagonia, Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 (3): 505-520, DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0019, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2010.0019

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