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Article: A new metriorhynchid crocodilian (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Wiltshire, UK

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2008
Page(s): 1307 – 1333
Author(s): Laura E. Wilkinson, Mark T. Young and Michael J. Benton
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WILKINSON, L. E., YOUNG, M. T., BENTON, M. J. 2008. A new metriorhynchid crocodilian (Mesoeucrocodylia: Thalattosuchia) from the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) of Wiltshire, UK. Palaeontology, 51, 6, 1307–1333.

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