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Rare, but not unique: a new specimen of the enigmatic gecko Rhodanogekko vireti from the lower Oligocene of southern Germany

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Villa, Andrea, Rummel, Michael (2025): Rare, but not unique: a new specimen of the enigmatic gecko Rhodanogekko vireti from the lower Oligocene of southern Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 70 (4): 699-703, DOI: 10.4202/app.01257.2025, URL: https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01257.2025

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