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New species of mammaliaform and the cranium of Borealestes (Mammaliformes: Docodonta) from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles

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Panciroli, Elsa, Benson, Roger B. J., Fernandez, Vincent, Butler, Richard J., Fraser, Nicholas C., Luo, Zhe-Xi, Walsh, Stig (2021): New species of mammaliaform and the cranium of Borealestes (Mammaliformes: Docodonta) from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192 (4): 1323-1362, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa144, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa144

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