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A pathological tail in a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur from South Africa: evidence of traumatic amputation?

Richard J. Butler GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, D-80333, Munich, Germany
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Adam M. Yates Bernard Price Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2050, South Africa; Museum of Central Australia, Araluen Cultural Precinct, P.O. Box 3521, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 0871, Australia
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Oliver W. M. Rauhut GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, D-80333, Munich, Germany; Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, D-80333, Munich, Germany
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Christian Foth Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, D-80333, Munich, Germany
Pages 224-228 | Received 11 Jan 2012, Accepted 05 Jul 2012, Published online: 08 Jan 2013

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