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The Cranial Morphology of Tyrannosaurus rex

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Molnar, Ralph E. (1991): The Cranial Morphology of Tyrannosaurus rex. Palaeontographica Abt. A 217 (4-6): 137-176, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3251815

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