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Revision of the large crocodyliform Kansajsuchus (Neosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Central Asia

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Kuzmin, Ivan T, Skutschas, Pavel P, Boitsova, Elizaveta A, Sues, Hans-Dieter (2019): Revision of the large crocodyliform Kansajsuchus (Neosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Central Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185 (2): 335-387, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly027, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/185/2/335/5035437

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