Talk:Scott Hocknull
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Source for: original finder Robyn Mackenzie
I'm sorry, i only have a german language source for this information: Titan aus der Kreidezeit: Neue Dinosaurierart bestimmt. This source also says: Robyn Mackenzie is a paleontologist, and she found the dinosaur on her own ground. (Together with her husband, she owns a large farm.) --Himbeerbläuling (talk) 18:29, 8 June 2021 (UTC)