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A large pterosaur femur from the Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic of Lusitanian Basin, Portugal

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Bertozzo, Filippo, Silva, Bruno Camilo Da, Martill, David, Vorderwuelbecke, Elsa Marlene, Aureliano, Tito, Schouten, Remmert, Aquino, Pedro (2021): A large pterosaur femur from the Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic of Lusitanian Basin, Portugal. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (4): 815-825, DOI: 10.4202/app.00858.2020, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00858.2020

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