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Titanosauria (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the upper cretaceous (Turonian) bissekty formation of Uzbekistan. / Sues, H.-D.; Averianov, A.; Ridgely, R.C.; Witmer, L.M.

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Sues, H-D, Averianov, A, Ridgely, RC & Witmer, LM 2015, 'Titanosauria (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the upper cretaceous (Turonian) bissekty formation of Uzbekistan', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, no. 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2014.889145

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Sues, H-D., Averianov, A., Ridgely, R. C., & Witmer, L. M. (2015). Titanosauria (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the upper cretaceous (Turonian) bissekty formation of Uzbekistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2014.889145

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Sues H-D, Averianov A, Ridgely RC, Witmer LM. Titanosauria (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the upper cretaceous (Turonian) bissekty formation of Uzbekistan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2015;(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2014.889145

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Sues, H.-D. ; Averianov, A. ; Ridgely, R.C. ; Witmer, L.M. / Titanosauria (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the upper cretaceous (Turonian) bissekty formation of Uzbekistan. In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2015 ; No. 1.

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