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Article: Morphospace occupation in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs: skull shape variation, species delineation and temporal patterns

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2009
Page(s): 1057 – 1097
Author(s): Stephanie E. Pierce, Kenneth D. Angielczyk and Emily J. Rayfield
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PIERCE, S. E., ANGIELCZYK, K. D., RAYFIELD, E. J. 2009. Morphospace occupation in thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs: skull shape variation, species delineation and temporal patterns. Palaeontology, 52, 5, 1057–1097.

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