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Article: New species of the genus Plesiolacerta (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the upper Oligocene (MP28) of Southern Germany and a revision of the type species Plesiolacerta lydekkeri

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2013
Page(s): 79 – 94
Author(s): Andrej Cernanský and Marc Louis Augé
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CERNANSK, A., AUG, M. 2013. New species of the genus Plesiolacerta (Squamata: Lacertidae) from the upper Oligocene (MP28) of Southern Germany and a revision of the type species Plesiolacerta lydekkeri. Palaeontology, 56, 1, 79–94.

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