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First known gigantic sea turtle from the Maastrichtian deposits in Egypt

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El-Kheir, Gebely Abdel-Maksoud Abu, Abdelgawad, Mohamed Korany, Kassab, Walid Gamal (2021): First known gigantic sea turtle from the Maastrichtian deposits in Egypt. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (2): 349-355, DOI: 10.4202/app.00849.2020, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00849.2020

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