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teeth with the specimen. Because of this, Brown informally dubbed it "Megadontosaurus" ("big-toothed lizard"), Brown made illustrations of it, but never published the name, a fate shared with several other
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1372:Gobiraptor
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1082:Anomalipes
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509:References
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383:Sauropelta
194:Saurischia
181:Dinosauria
1379:Heyuannia
1328:Rinchenia
1321:Oviraptor
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