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Article: New information on Hauffiosaurus (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) based on a new species from the Alum Shale Member (Lower Toarcian: Lower Jurassic) of Yorkshire, UK

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2011
Page(s): 547 – 571
Author(s): Roger B. J. Benson, Hilary F. Ketchum, Leslie F. Noè and Marcela Gómez-Pérez
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BENSON, R. B. J., KETCHUM, H. F., NOÈ, L. F., GÓMEZ-PÉREZ, M. 2011. New information on Hauffiosaurus (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) based on a new species from the Alum Shale Member (Lower Toarcian: Lower Jurassic) of Yorkshire, UK. Palaeontology, 54, 3, 547–571.

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