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The comparative osteology and phylogenetic relationships of African and South American lungfishes (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi)

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Criswell, Katharine E. (2015): The comparative osteology and phylogenetic relationships of African and South American lungfishes (Sarcopterygii: Dipnoi). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174 (4): 801-858, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12255, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12255

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