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A taxonomic reassessment of Ichthyosaurus communis and I. intermedius and a revised diagnosis for the genus

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  • 1. Department of Earth Sciences, SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport, NY, USA;
  • 2. School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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Massare, Judy A., Lomax, Dean R. (2018): A taxonomic reassessment of Ichthyosaurus communis and I. intermedius and a revised diagnosis for the genus. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16 (3): 263-277, DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1291116, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1291116

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