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Cranial variation and systematics of Foraminacephale brevis gen. nov. and the diversity of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Cerapoda) in the Belly River Group of Alberta, Canada

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Schott, Ryan K., Evans, David C. (2017): Cranial variation and systematics of Foraminacephale brevis gen. nov. and the diversity of pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Ornithischia: Cerapoda) in the Belly River Group of Alberta, Canada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 179 (4): 865-906, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12465, URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12465

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