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Revision of the Triassic European turtles Proterochersis and Murrhardtia (Reptilia, Testudinata, Proterochersidae), with the description of new taxa from Poland and Germany

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Szczygielski, Tomasz, Sulej, Tomasz (2016): Revision of the Triassic European turtles Proterochersis and Murrhardtia (Reptilia, Testudinata, Proterochersidae), with the description of new taxa from Poland and Germany. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (Zool. J. Linn. Soc.) 177 (2): 395-427, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12374, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12374

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