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A new species of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph Cricosaurus from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany

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Sachs, Sven, Young, Mark T., Abel, Pascal, Mallison, Heinrich (2019): A new species of the metriorhynchid crocodylomorph Cricosaurus from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (2): 343-356, DOI: 10.4202/app.00541.2018, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00541.2018

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