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A "preglacial" giant salamander from Europe: new record from the Late Pliocene of Caucasus

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  • 1. Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya 123, 117997 Moscow (Russia) and Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 Saint-Petersburg (Russia) esyromyatnikova@gmail.com (corresponding author)
  • 2. Southern Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chekhova 41, 344006 Rostov-on-Don (Russia) and Academy of biology and biotechnologies of Southern Federal University, avenue Stachki, 194, 1344090, Rostov-on-Don (Russia) vvtitov@yandex.ru
  • 3. Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky 7, 119017 Moscow (Russia) tesak@ginras.ru
  • 4. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, 199034 Saint-Petersburg (Russia) skutchas@mail.ru

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Syromyatnikova, Elena V., Titov, Vadim V., Tesakov, Alexey S., Skutschas, Pavel P. (2024): A "preglacial" giant salamander from Europe: new record from the Late Pliocene of Caucasus. Comptes Rendus Palevol 23 (3): 45-57, DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a3

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