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Stomach contents of the Early Jurassic fish †Lepidotes Agassiz, 1832 (Actinopterygii, Lepisosteiformes) and their palaeoecological implications

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Pages 868-879 | Received 22 Apr 2019, Accepted 04 Sep 2019, Published online: 19 Sep 2019

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