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- ↑ "Sea Serpents of Canada" Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine , Charles Alexander Moffat.
- ↑ The Serene Dragon Archived 2007-01-04 at the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ Darek Isaacs (2010). Dragons Or Dinosaurs?: Creation Or Evolution?. Bridge Logos Foundation. p. 121. ISBN 9780882704777 . Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ↑ Ash Dekirk (2006). Dragonlore: From the Archives of the Grey School of Wizardry. Career Press. p. 48. ISBN 9781564148681 . Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ↑ Curtin, Jeremiah; Hewitt, J.N.B. (1918). Annual Report, Volume 32. Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. pp. 236~251. Retrieved Dec 21, 2019.
