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The Hopping Dead: Late Cretaceous Frogs From The Middle - Late Campanian (Judithian) Of Western North America
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Gardner, James D., Redman, Cory M., Cifelli, Richard L. (2016): The Hopping Dead: Late Cretaceous Frogs From The Middle - Late Campanian (Judithian) Of Western North America. Fossil Imprint 72 (1-2): 78-107, DOI: 10.14446/FI.2016.78, URL: http://fi.nm.cz/clanek/the-hopping-dead-late-cretaceous-frogs-from-the-middle-late-campanian-judithian-of-western-north-america/
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