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Fossil lizard from central Europe resolves the origin of large body size and herbivory in giant Canary Island lacertids

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Čerňanský, Andrej, Klembara, Jozef, Smith, Krister T. (2016): Fossil lizard from central Europe resolves the origin of large body size and herbivory in giant Canary Island lacertids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (4): 861-877, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12340, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12340

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