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Historical Biology
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New Early Cretaceous dinosaurian eggshell Multifissoolithus shimonosekiensis (Dinosauria, Dongyangoolithidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Southwestern Japan

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Pages 1760-1766 | Received 13 Jul 2019, Accepted 26 Feb 2020, Published online: 16 Mar 2020

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