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The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus Theriosuchus

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Young, Mark T., Tennant, Jonathan P., Brusatte, Stephen L., Challands, Thomas J., Fraser, Nicholas C., Clark, Neil D. L., Ross, Dugald A. (2016): The first definitive Middle Jurassic atoposaurid (Crocodylomorpha, Neosuchia), and a discussion on the genus Theriosuchus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (2): 443-462, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12315, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12315

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