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Research Article

A New Specimen of Sand Pseudomorph Dinosaur Bones with Tetrapod Tracks from the Early Jurassic, Hartford Basin, USA

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Received 21 Apr 2023, Accepted 25 Jun 2023, Published online: 03 Jul 2023

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