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Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Tazoudasaurus naimi (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the late Early Jurassic of Morocco

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  • 1. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Histoire de la Terre, UMR-CNRS 5143 "Paléobiodiversité", case postale 38, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) and Université Cadi Ayyad, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, équipe Évolution des Vertébrés et Paléoenvironnements, BP 2390, 40000 Marrakech (Morocco) rallain@mnhn.fr
  • 2. Université Mohamed V, Faculté des Sciences, Rabat (Morocco)

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Allain, Ronan, Aquesbi, Najat (2008): Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of Tazoudasaurus naimi (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the late Early Jurassic of Morocco. Geodiversitas 30 (2): 345-424, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5371775

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