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The giant pliosaurid that wasn't-revising the marine reptiles from the Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic, of Krzyżanowice, Poland

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Madzia, Daniel, Szczygielski, Tomasz, Wolniewicz, Andrzej S. (2021): The giant pliosaurid that wasn't-revising the marine reptiles from the Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic, of Krzyżanowice, Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (1): 99-129, DOI: 10.4202/app.00795.2020, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00795.2020

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