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New information and establishment of a new genus for the Egyptian Paleogene turtle ‘Stereogenyslibyca (Podocnemididae, Erymnochelyinae)

Pages 383-392 | Received 07 Jul 2017, Accepted 29 Aug 2017, Published online: 07 Sep 2017

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