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Anatomy and phylogeny of the gavialoid crocodylian Eosuchus lerichei from the Paleocene of Europe

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Delfino, Massimo, Piras, Paolo, Smith, Thierry (2005): Anatomy and phylogeny of the gavialoid crocodylian Eosuchus lerichei from the Paleocene of Europe. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (3): 565-580, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13620776

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