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Rethinking dinosaur origins: oldest known equatorial dinosaur-bearing assemblage (mid-late Carnian Popo Agie FM, Wyoming, USA)
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- 1. Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, United States & University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW Geology Museum, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, United States
- 2. University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW Geology Museum, 1215 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, United States
- 3. Biology and Geology Departments, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN 55015, United States
- 4. Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, United States
- 5. Fort Washakie Schools, Fremont County School District #21, 90 Ethete Road, Fort Washakie, WY 82514, United States
- 6. Eastern Shoshone Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Bldg 17A, North Fork Rd., Fort Washakie, WY 82514, United States
- 7. Shoshone Language Consultant, Wind River Reservation, Fort Washakie, WY 82514, United States
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Lovelace, David M., Kufner, Aaron M., Fitch, Adam J., Rogers, Kristina Curry, Schmitz, Mark, Schwartz, Darin M., LeClair-Diaz, Amanda, St.Clair, Lynette, Mann, Joshua, Teran, Reba (2025): Rethinking dinosaur origins: oldest known equatorial dinosaur-bearing assemblage (mid-late Carnian Popo Agie FM, Wyoming, USA). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 203, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae153
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