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  1. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100044, Beijing, China

    Xiaolin Wang & Yuguang Zhang

  2. Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, 66045, Lawrence, KS, USA

    Desui Miao

  3. Beijing Natural History Museum, 100050, Beijing, China

    Yuguang Zhang

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Wang, X., Miao, D. & Zhang, Y. Cannibalism in a semi-aquatic reptile from the Early Cretaceous of China. Chin.Sci.Bull. 50, 282–284 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02897540

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