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A neornithischian dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Xintiangou Formation of Yunyang, Chongqing, China: the earliest record in Asia

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Pages 1089-1102 | Received 04 Jul 2019, Accepted 08 Oct 2019, Published online: 31 Oct 2019

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