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A new early diverging thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) from the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Dorset, U.K. and implications for the origin and evolution of the group
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- 1. Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, U.S.A.
- 2. Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, U.S.A. & Department of Biology, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14040-901, Brazil & Department of Zoology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná
- 3. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3AN, U.K.
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Wilberg, Eric W., Godoy, Pedro L., Griffiths, Elizabeth F., Turner, Alan H., Benson, Roger B. J. (2023): A new early diverging thalattosuchian (Crocodylomorpha) from the Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Dorset, U.K. and implications for the origin and evolution of the group. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 42 (3): 1-23, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2022.2161909, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2022.2161909
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