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- ↑ "City of Brooks Alberta: Steveville General Store". City of Brooks, Alberta. 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ↑ "Where in the world can you find Daspletosaurus torosus?". Canadian Museum of Nature. 2003. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ↑ "Struthiomimus altus plaque". Research Casting International. 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
- ↑ Tanke, Darren H. (March 2010). "Remember me: Irene Vanderloh (1917-2009): Alberta's first woman amateur vertebrate paleontologist". APS Bulletin.
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