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A new sauropod species from north-western Brazil: biomechanics and the radiation of Titanosauria (Sauropoda: Somphospondyli)
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Pereira, Paulo V L G C, Bandeira, Kamila L N, Vidal, Luciano S, Ribeiro, Theo B, Candeiro, Carlos R dos A, Bergqvist, Lilian P (2024): A new sauropod species from north-western Brazil: biomechanics and the radiation of Titanosauria (Sauropoda: Somphospondyli). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (4): 1-21, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae054, URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae054
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