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Article: A revision of the sauropod dinosaur genus 'Bothriospondylus' with a redescription of the type material of the Middle Jurassic form 'B. madagascariensis'

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2010
Page(s): 277 – 296
Author(s): Philip D. Mannion
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MANNION, P. D. 2010. A revision of the sauropod dinosaur genus 'Bothriospondylus' with a redescription of the type material of the Middle Jurassic form 'B. madagascariensis'. Palaeontology, 53, 2, 277–296.

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