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Article: Three-dimensional modelling and analysis of dinosaur trackways

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2008
Page(s): 999 – 1010
Author(s): Karl T. Bates, Phillip L. Manning, Bernat Vila and David Hodgetts
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BATES, K. T., MANNING, P. L., VILA, B., HODGETTS, D. 2008. Three-dimensional modelling and analysis of dinosaur trackways. Palaeontology, 51, 4, 999–1010.

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