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Diversity in a greenhouse world: herpetofauna from the late Eocene (MP 17A) of La Bouffie, Quercy Phosphorites (Lot, SW France)
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- 1. Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Box 7500, Drumheller, Alberta T0J 0Y0, Canada
- 2. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy
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Lemierre, Alfred, Georgalis, Georgios L. (2025): Diversity in a greenhouse world: herpetofauna from the late Eocene (MP 17A) of La Bouffie, Quercy Phosphorites (Lot, SW France). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 144 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-025-00370-9, URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00370-9
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