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Osteology and histology of a PlateoSaUrUS troSSingenSiS (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of Switzerland with an advanced chronic pathology
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Dupuis, Sina F. J., Bestwick, Jordan, Hansen, Dennis M., Horn, Esben, Wiik, Stacey, Frederiksen, Rasmus, Zboray, Robert, Tajbakhsh, Kiarash, Bachmann, Ursina, Pabst, Ben, Scheyer, Torsten M. (2025): Osteology and histology of a PlateoSaUrUS troSSingenSiS (Dinosauria: Sauropodomorpha) from the Upper Triassic of Switzerland with an advanced chronic pathology. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (27) 144 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-025-00368-3, URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00368-3
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