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A new choristodere (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning Province, China, and phylogenetic relationships of Monjurosuchidae

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Gao, Ke-Qin, Fox, Richard C. (2005): A new choristodere (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning Province, China, and phylogenetic relationships of Monjurosuchidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3): 427-444, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00191.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00191.x

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