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RESEARCH ARTICLES

First Record of Gregarious Behavior in Robust Medium-Sized Jurassic Ornithopods: Evidence from the Kimmeridgian Trackways of Asturias (N. Spain) and Some General Considerations on Other Medium-Large Ornithopod Tracks in the Mesozoic Record

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Pages 298-311 | Received 16 Mar 2015, Accepted 14 Apr 2016, Published online: 06 Sep 2016

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