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Macroevolutionary trends in the genus Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha: Metriorhynchidae) and discovery of a giant specimen from the Late Jurassic of Kimmeridge, UK

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Young, Mark T, Foffa, Davide, Steel, Lorna, Etches, Steve (2020): Macroevolutionary trends in the genus Torvoneustes (Crocodylomorpha: Metriorhynchidae) and discovery of a giant specimen from the Late Jurassic of Kimmeridge, UK. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189 (2): 483-493, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz101, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/189/2/483/5588829

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