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Footprints of large theropod dinosaurs in the Middle–UpperJurassic (lower Callovian–lower Tithonian) Walloon Coal Measures of southern Queensland, Australia

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Pages 2135-2146 | Received 20 Apr 2020, Accepted 18 May 2020, Published online: 12 Jun 2020

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