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Revealing body proportions of the enigmatic choristodere reptile Khurendukhosaurus from Mongolia

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Matsumoto, Ryoko, Tsogtbaatar, Khishigjav, Ishigaki, Shinobu, Tsogtbaatar, Chinzorig, Enkhtaivan, Zorig, Evans, Susan E. (2019): Revealing body proportions of the enigmatic choristodere reptile Khurendukhosaurus from Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (2): 363-377, DOI: 10.4202/app.00561.2018, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00561.2018

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