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| Buffrénil, V. de, and J.-C. Rage. 1993. La «pachyostose» vertébrale de Simoliophis (Reptilia, Squamata): données comparatives et considérations fonctionnelles. Annales de Paléontologie (Vert.-Invert.) 79:315-335. |
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