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Article: A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2010
Page(s): 1049 – 1063
Author(s): Adam. S. Smith and Peggy Vincent
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SMITH, A. S., VINCENT, P. 2010. A new genus of pliosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany. Palaeontology, 53, 5, 1049–1063.

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