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Article: Mammalian tooth marks on the bones of dinosaurs and other Late Cretaceous vertebrates

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2010
Page(s): 703 – 709
Author(s): Nicholas R. Longrich and Michael J. Ryan
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LONGRICH, N. R., RYAN, M. J. 2010. Mammalian tooth marks on the bones of dinosaurs and other Late Cretaceous vertebrates. Palaeontology, 53, 4, 703–709.

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