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Early Miocene squamate assemblage from the Mokrá-Western Quarry (Czech Republic) and its palaeobiogeographical and palaeoenvironmental implications

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Ivanov, Martin, Čerňanský, Andrej, Bonilla-Salomón, Isaac, Luján, Àngel Hernández (2020): Early Miocene squamate assemblage from the Mokrá-Western Quarry (Czech Republic) and its palaeobiogeographical and palaeoenvironmental implications. Geodiversitas 42 (20): 343-376, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a20

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