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Morphology and spatial constraints in a dorso-ventrally flattened skull, with a revised species description of Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944)

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Devaere, Stijn, Adriaens, Dominique, Teugels, Guy G., Verraes, Walter (2005): Morphology and spatial constraints in a dorso-ventrally flattened skull, with a revised species description of Platyallabes tihoni (Poll, 1944). Journal of Natural History 39 (19): 1653-1673, DOI: 10.1080/00222930400020103, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930400020103

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