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Article: Dentition and histology in titanosaurian dinosaur embryos from Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2010
Page(s): 335 – 346
Author(s): <p>Rodolfo A. Garc&iacute;a and Ignacio A. Cerda</p>
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GARCÍA, R. A., CERDA, I. A. 2010. Dentition and histology in titanosaurian dinosaur embryos from Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. Palaeontology, 53, 2, 335–346.

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