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Original Articles

Baenid turtles of the Kaiparowits Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of southern Utah, USA

Pages 891-918 | Received 01 Jun 2015, Accepted 03 Nov 2015, Published online: 15 Dec 2015

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