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A catalogue of teleosauroids (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from the Toarcian and Bajocian (Jurassic) of southern Luxembourg

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Pages 1179-1194 | Received 07 Dec 2017, Accepted 10 Jan 2018, Published online: 22 Jan 2018

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