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New skulls of the basal sauropodomorph Plateosaurus trossingensis from Frick, Switzerland: Is there more than one species?

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Lallensack, Jens N., Teschner, Elżbieta M., Pabst, Ben, Sander, P. Martin (2021): New skulls of the basal sauropodomorph Plateosaurus trossingensis from Frick, Switzerland: Is there more than one species? Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (1): 1-28, DOI: 10.4202/app.00804.2020, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00804.2020

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