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On Targaryendraco wiedenrothi gen. nov. (Pterodactyloidea, Pteranodontoidea, Lanceodontia) and recognition of a new cosmopolitan lineage of Cretaceous toothed pterodactyloids

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Pages 1266-1280 | Received 19 Sep 2019, Accepted 05 Nov 2019, Published online: 18 Nov 2019

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