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Redescription of soft tissue preservation in the holotype of Scaphognathus crassirostris (Goldfuss, 1831) using reflectance transformation imaging
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Henkemeier, Nils, Jäger, Kai R.K., Sander, P. Martin (2023): Redescription of soft tissue preservation in the holotype of Scaphognathus crassirostris (Goldfuss, 1831) using reflectance transformation imaging. Palaeontologia Electronica (a16) 26 (2): 1-40, DOI: 10.26879/1070, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1070
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