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A new ichthyosaur, Platypterygius ochevi sp. nov., from the Albian-Cenomanian of the Voronezh Region is described based on a partial forefin. It differs from congeners in the very large facet for the lageniformis on the humerus.
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Original Russian Text © M.S. Arkhangelsky, A.O. Averianov, E.M. Pervushov, V.Yu. Ratnikov, N.Yu. Zozyrev, 2008, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2008, No. 3, pp. 65–69.
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Arkhangelsky, M.S., Averianov, A.O., Pervushov, E.M. et al. On ichthyosaur remains from the Cretaceous of the Voronezh Region. Paleontol. J. 42, 287–291 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030108030106
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