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Osteological atlas of new lizards from the Phosphorites du Quercy (France), based on historical, forgotten, fossil material

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  • 1. Palaeontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Karl Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zurich (Switzerland) and Department of Ecology, Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, 84215 Bratislava (Slovakia) and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125 Turin (Italy)
  • 2. Department of Ecology, Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina, 84215 Bratislava (Slovakia)

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Georgalis, Georgios L., Čerňanský, Andrej, Klembara, Jozef (2021): Osteological atlas of new lizards from the Phosphorites du Quercy (France), based on historical, forgotten, fossil material. Geodiversitas 43 (9): 219-293, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a9

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