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A juvenile skull from the early Palaeocene of China extends the appearance of crocodyloids in Asia back by 15-20 million years

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Boerman, Sophie A., Perrichon, Gwendal, Yang, Jian, Li, Cheng-Sen, Martin, Jeremy E., Speijer, Robert P., Smith, Thierry (2023): A juvenile skull from the early Palaeocene of China extends the appearance of crocodyloids in Asia back by 15-20 million years. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197: 787-811, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac067

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