Recognising and quantifying the evolution of skeletal paedomorphosis in Plesiosauria

Ricardo Araújo; Adam S. Smith

doi:10.3897/fr.26.97686

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Fossil Record 26(1): 85-101
https://doi.org/10.3897/fr.26.97686 (20 Apr 2023)

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