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A new species of marine ophidiomorph lizard, Adriosaurus skrbinensis, from the Upper Cretaceous of Slovenia

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Pages 747-755 | Received 11 Jun 2009, Accepted 04 Nov 2009, Published online: 19 May 2010

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