2020 in archosaur paleontology (English Wikipedia)

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David W. Steadman; Jessica A. Oswald (2020). "New species of troupial (Icterus) and cowbird (Molothrus) from ice-age Peru". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 132 (1): 91–103. doi:10.1676/1559-4491-132.1.91. S2CID 220714575.

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Jeremy E. Martin; Thierry Smith; Céline Salaviale; Jerôme Adrien; Massimo Delfino (2020). "Virtual reconstruction of the skull of Bernissartia fagesii and current understanding of the neosuchian–eusuchian transition". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (13): 1079–1101. Bibcode:2020JSPal..18.1079M. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1731722. S2CID 216464226.
Shundong Bi; Romain Amiot; Claire Peyre de Fabrègues; Michael Pittman; Matthew C.Lamanna; Yilun Yu; Congyu Yu; Tzuruei Yang; Shukang Zhang; Qi Zhao; Xing Xu (2020). "An oviraptorid preserved atop an embryo-bearing egg clutch sheds light on the reproductive biology of non-avialan theropod dinosaurs" (PDF). Science Bulletin. 66 (9): 947–954. doi:10.1016/j.scib.2020.12.018. PMID 36654242. S2CID 230524877.
Aude Cincotta; Thanh Thuy Nguyen Tu; Julien L. Colaux; Guy Terwagne; Sylvie Derenne; Pascal Godefroit; Robert Carleer; Christelle Anquetil; Johan Yans (2020). "Chemical preservation of tail feathers from Anchiornis huxleyi, a theropod dinosaur from the Tiaojishan Formation (Upper Jurassic, China)". Palaeontology. 63 (5): 841–863. Bibcode:2020Palgy..63..841C. doi:10.1111/pala.12494. hdl:1942/32457. S2CID 225726078.
Jinyou Mo; Jincheng Li; Yunchuan Ling; Eric Buffetaut; Suravech Suteethorn; Varavudh Suteethorn; Haiyan Tong; Gilles Cuny; Romain Amiot; Xing Xu (2020). "New fossil remain of Fusuisaurus zhaoi (Sauropoda: Titanosauriformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Guangxi, southern China" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 109: Article 104379. Bibcode:2020CrRes.10904379M. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104379. S2CID 214396629.
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré; Estelle Bourdon (2020). "Description of a new species of Gastornis (Aves, Gastornithiformes) from the early Eocene of La Borie, southwestern France" (PDF). Geobios. 63: 39–46. Bibcode:2020Geobi..63...39M. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2020.10.002. S2CID 228975095.
Ségolène Riamon; Martin Pickford; Brigitte Senut; Antoine Louchart (2020). "Bucerotidae from the early Miocene of Napak, Uganda (East Africa): The earliest hornbill with a modern-type beak" (PDF). Ibis. 163 (2): 715–721. doi:10.1111/ibi.12907. S2CID 230632701.

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Paul M. Barrett; Joseph A. Bonsor (2020). "A revision of the non-avian dinosaurs 'Eucercosaurus tanyspondylus' and 'Syngonosaurus macrocercus' from the Cambridge Greensand, UK". Cretaceous Research. 118: Article 104638. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104638. S2CID 225289654.

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Diego Pol; Pablo A. Goloboff (2020). "The impact of unstable taxa in coelurosaurian phylogeny and resampling support measures for parsimony analyses". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 440: 97–115. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.440.1.1. hdl:2246/7237. S2CID 221256926.
Anyang Ding; Michael Pittman; Paul Upchurch; Jingmai O'Connor; Daniel J. Field; Xing Xu (2020). "The biogeography of coelurosaurian theropods and its impact on their evolutionary history". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 440: 117–157. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.440.1.1. hdl:2246/7237. S2CID 221256926.

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Zixiao Yang; Baoyu Jiang; Maria E. McNamara; Stuart L. Kearns; Michael Pittman; Thomas G. Kaye; Patrick J. Orr; Xing Xu; Michael J. Benton (2019). "Pterosaur integumentary structures with complex feather-like branching". Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3 (1): 24–30. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0728-7. hdl:1983/1f7893a1-924d-4cb3-a4bf-c4b1592356e9. PMID 30568282. S2CID 56480710.

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Emily Keeble; Michael J. Benton (2020). "Three-dimensional tomographic study of dermal armour from the tail of the Triassic aetosaur Stagonolepis robertsoni" (PDF). Scottish Journal of Geology. 56 (1): 55–62. Bibcode:2020ScJG...56...55K. doi:10.1144/sjg2019-026. S2CID 211030624.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Zixiao Yang; Baoyu Jiang; Maria E. McNamara; Stuart L. Kearns; Michael Pittman; Thomas G. Kaye; Patrick J. Orr; Xing Xu; Michael J. Benton (2020). "Reply to: No protofeathers on pterosaurs" (PDF). Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4 (12): 1592–1593. Bibcode:2020NatEE...4.1592Y. doi:10.1038/s41559-020-01309-8. hdl:10468/11874. PMID 32989267. S2CID 222163211.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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Daniel J. Field; Juan Benito; Albert Chen; John W. M. Jagt; Daniel T. Ksepka (2020). "Late Cretaceous neornithine from Europe illuminates the origins of crown birds". Nature. 579 (7799): 397–401. Bibcode:2020Natur.579..397F. doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2096-0. PMID 32188952. S2CID 212937591.

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Wang, K. B.; Zhang, Y. X.; Chen, J.; Chen, S. Q.; Wang, P. Y. (2020). "A new ankylosaurian from the Late Cretaceous strata of Zhucheng, Shandong Province". Geological Bulletin of China (in Chinese). 39 (7): 958–962.

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Jeremy B. Stout (2020). "New early Pleistocene Alligator (Eusuchia: Crocodylia) from Florida bridges a gap in Alligator evolution". Zootaxa. 4868 (1): 41–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4868.1.3. PMID 33311408. S2CID 226337860.
Michela M. Johnson; Mark T. Young; Stephen L. Brusatte (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8: e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808. PMC 7548081. PMID 33083104.
Adam P. Cossette (2020). "A new species of Bottosaurus (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) from the Black Peaks Formation (Palaeocene) of Texas indicates an early radiation of North American caimanines". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (1): 276–301. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz178.
Adam P. Cossette; Amanda J. Adams; Stephanie K. Drumheller; Jennifer H. Nestler; Brenda R. Benefit; Monte L. McCrossin; Frederick K. Manthi; Rose Nyaboke Juma; Christopher A. Brochu (2020). "A new crocodylid from the middle Miocene of Kenya and the timing of crocodylian faunal change in the late Cenozoic of Africa". Journal of Paleontology. 94 (6): 1165–1179. Bibcode:2020JPal...94.1165C. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.60. S2CID 222232657.
Yanina Herrera; Marta S. Fernández; Verónica V. Vennari (2020). "Cricosaurus (Thalattosuchia, Metriorhynchidae) survival across the J/K boundary in the High Andes (Mendoza Province, Argentina)". Cretaceous Research. 118: Article 104673. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104673. hdl:11336/142931. S2CID 225149236.
Adam P. Cossette; Christopher A. Brochu (2020). "A systematic review of the giant alligatoroid Deinosuchus from the Campanian of North America and its implications for the relationships at the root of Crocodylia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (1): e1767638. Bibcode:2020JVPal..40E7638C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1767638. S2CID 221749353.
Stéphane Jouve; Christian de Muizon; Ricardo Cespedes-Paz; Víctor Sossa-Soruco; Stephane Knoll (2020). "The longirostrine crocodyliforms from Bolivia and their evolution through the Cretaceous–Palaeogene boundary". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192 (2): 475–509. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa081.
Rodrigo T. Müller; M. Belén Von Baczko; Julia B. Desojo; Sterling J. Nesbitt (2020). "The first ornithosuchid from Brazil and its macroevolutionary and phylogenetic implications for Late Triassic faunas in Gondwana". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 65 (1): 1–10. doi:10.4202/app.00652.2019. hdl:10919/98583. S2CID 213816236.
Jonas Pereira de Souza-Filho; Edson Guilherme; Peter Mann de Toledo; Ismar de Souza Carvalho; Francisco Ricardo Negri; Andréa Aparecida da Rocha Maciente; Giovanne M. Cidade; Mauro Bruno da Silva Lacerda; Lucy Gomes de Souza (2020). "On a new Melanosuchus species (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) from Solimões Formation (Eocene-Pliocene), Northern Brazil, and evolution of Caimaninae". Zootaxa. 4894 (4): 561–593. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4894.4.5. PMID 33311064. S2CID 229178080.
Albert G. Sellés; Alejandro Blanco; Bernat Vila; Josep Marmi; Francisco J. López-Soriano; Sergio Llácer; Jaime Frigola; Miquel Canals; Àngel Galobart (2020). "A small Cretaceous crocodyliform in a dinosaur nesting ground and the origin of sebecids". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): Article number 15293. Bibcode:2020NatSR..1015293S. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-71975-y. PMC 7499430. PMID 32943663.
Albert G. Sellés; Alejandro Blanco; Bernat Vila; Josep Marmi; Francisco J. López-Soriano; Sergio Llácer; Jaime Frigola; Miquel Canals; Àngel Galobart (2021). "Author Correction: A small Cretaceous crocodyliform in a dinosaur nesting ground and the origin of sebecids". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): Article number 1172. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-81062-5. PMC 7791096. PMID 33414506.
Jorgo Ristevski; Adam M. Yates; Gilbert J. Price; Ralph E. Molnar; Vera Weisbecker; Steven W. Salisbury (2020). "Australia's prehistoric 'swamp king': revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886". PeerJ. 8: e10466. doi:10.7717/peerj.10466. PMC 7759136. PMID 33391869.
Mark T. Young, FLS; Arnaud Brignon; Sven Sachs; Jahn J. Hornung; Davide Foffa; James J. N. Kitson; Michela M. Johnson; Lorna Steel (2021). "Cutting the Gordian knot: a historical and taxonomic revision of the Jurassic crocodylomorph Metriorhynchus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192 (2): 510–553. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa092. ISSN 0024-4082.
M. Belén von Baczko; Julia B. Desojo; Denis Ponce (2020). "Postcranial anatomy and osteoderm histology of Riojasuchus tenuisceps and a phylogenetic update on Ornithosuchidae (Archosauria, Pseudosuchia)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (5): e1693396. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1693396. hdl:11336/138965. S2CID 213887703.
Davide Foffa; Richard J. Butler; Sterling J. Nesbitt; Stig Walsh; Paul M. Barrett; Stephen L. Brusatte; Nicholas C. Fraser (2020). "Revision of Erpetosuchus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and new erpetosuchid material from the Late Triassic 'Elgin Reptile' fauna based on μCT scanning techniques" (PDF). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 111 (4): 209–233. Bibcode:2020EESTR.111..209F. doi:10.1017/S1755691020000109. hdl:20.500.11820/92297237-59c2-499e-a05a-1d5bb6997c23. S2CID 228887493.
Adam D. Marsh; Matthew E. Smith; William G. Parker; Randall B. Irmis; Ben T. Kligman (2020). "Skeletal Anatomy of Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Long and Murry, 1995 (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and its Implications for the Origin of the Aetosaurian Carapace". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (4): e1794885. Bibcode:2020JVPal..40E4885M. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1794885. hdl:10919/102375. S2CID 225136804.
Emily Keeble; Michael J. Benton (2020). "Three-dimensional tomographic study of dermal armour from the tail of the Triassic aetosaur Stagonolepis robertsoni" (PDF). Scottish Journal of Geology. 56 (1): 55–62. Bibcode:2020ScJG...56...55K. doi:10.1144/sjg2019-026. S2CID 211030624.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Julia Brenda Desojo; María Belén von Baczko; Oliver W.M. Rauhut (2020). "Anatomy, taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of Prestosuchus chiniquensis (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the original collection of von Huene, Middle-Late Triassic of southern Brazil". Palaeontologia Electronica. 23 (1): Article number 23(1):a04. doi:10.26879/1026. hdl:11336/127498. S2CID 213432918.
Sterling J. Nesbitt; John M. Zawiskie; Robert M. Dawley (2020). "The osteology and phylogenetic position of the loricatan (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) Heptasuchus clarki, from the ?Mid-Upper Triassic, southeastern Big Horn Mountains, Central Wyoming (USA)". PeerJ. 8: e10101. doi:10.7717/peerj.10101. PMC 7597643. PMID 33194383.
Juan Martín Leardi; Imanol Yáñez; Diego Pol (2020). "South American Crocodylomorphs (Archosauria; Crocodylomorpha): A review of the early fossil record in the continent and its relevance on understanding the origins of the clade". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 104: Article 102780. Bibcode:2020JSAES.10402780L. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102780. S2CID 225237455.
Juan Martín Leardi; Diego Pol; James Matthew Clark (2020). "Braincase anatomy of Almadasuchus figarii (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha) and a review of the cranial pneumaticity in the origins of Crocodylomorpha". Journal of Anatomy. 237 (1): 48–73. doi:10.1111/joa.13171. PMC 7309285. PMID 32227598.
William Gearty; Jonathan L. Payne (2020). "Physiological constraints on body size distributions in Crocodyliformes". Evolution. 74 (2): 245–255. doi:10.1111/evo.13901. PMID 31943148. S2CID 210335476.
Candice M. Stefanic; Jennifer H. Nestler; Erik R. Seiffert; Alan H. Turner (2020). "New crocodylomorph material from the Fayum Depression, Egypt, including the first occurrence of a sebecosuchian in African late Eocene deposits". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (6): e1729781. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1729781. S2CID 216272094.
M.L. Fernandez Dumont; P. Bona; D. Pol; S. Apesteguía (2020). "New anatomical information on Araripesuchus buitreraensis with implications for the systematics of Uruguaysuchidae (Crocodyliforms, Notosuchia)". Cretaceous Research. 113: Article 104494. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11304494F. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104494. S2CID 218942443.
Julia A. Schwab; Mark T. Young; James M. Neenan; Stig A. Walsh; Lawrence M. Witmer; Yanina Herrera; Ronan Allain; Christopher A. Brochu; Jonah N. Choiniere; James M. Clark; Kathleen N. Dollman; Steve Etches; Guido Fritsch; Paul M. Gignac; Alexander Ruebenstahl; Sven Sachs; Alan H. Turner; Patrick Vignaud; Eric W. Wilberg; Xing Xu; Lindsay E. Zanno; Stephen L. Brusatte (2020). "Inner ear sensory system changes as extinct crocodylomorphs transitioned from land to water". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 117 (19): 10422–10428. Bibcode:2020PNAS..11710422S. doi:10.1073/pnas.2002146117. PMC 7229756. PMID 32312812.
Michela M. Johnson; Mark T. Young; Stephen L. Brusatte (2020). "Emptying the wastebasket: a historical and taxonomic revision of the Jurassic crocodylomorph Steneosaurus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 189 (2): 428–448. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa027. hdl:20.500.11820/9abd0c02-12ee-4387-ad0d-ceaff5ebdbe3.
Stéphane Hua (2020). "A new specimen of Teleidosaurus calvadosii (Eudes-Deslongchamps, 1866) (Crocodylia, Thalattosuchia) from the Middle Jurassic of France". Annales de Paléontologie. 106 (4): Article 102423. Bibcode:2020AnPal.10602423H. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2020.102423. S2CID 219426498.
Nicolas Séon; Romain Amiot; Jeremy E. Martin; Mark T. Young; Heather Middleton; François Fourel; Laurent Picot; Xavier Valentin; Christophe Lécuyer (2020). "Thermophysiologies of Jurassic marine crocodylomorphs inferred from the oxygen isotope composition of their tooth apatite". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 375 (1793): Article ID 20190139. doi:10.1098/rstb.2019.0139. PMC 7017436. PMID 31928186. S2CID 210157410.
Pascal Abel; Sven Sachs; Mark Thomas Young (2020). "Metriorhynchid crocodylomorphs from the lower Kimmeridgian of Southern Germany: evidence for a new large-bodied geosaurin lineage in Europe" (PDF). Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 44 (2): 312–326. Bibcode:2020Alch...44..312A. doi:10.1080/03115518.2019.1701079. hdl:20.500.11820/e71fe1e8-9a0f-44c3-abeb-02c14721f37f. S2CID 214328465.
Sven Sachs; Mark T. Young; Jahn J. Hornung (2020). "The enigma of Enaliosuchus, and a reassessment of the Lower Cretaceous fossil record of Metriorhynchidae" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 114: Article 104479. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11404479S. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104479. hdl:20.500.11820/c52d1d56-1bf3-4aae-b2e1-38c85eed44fa. S2CID 218996914.
Jorge Cubo; Mariana V. A. Sena; Paul Aubier; Guillaume Houee; Penelope Claisse; Mathieu G. Faure-Brac; Ronan Allain; Rafael C. L. P. Andrade; Juliana M. Sayão; Gustavo R. Oliveira (2020). "Were Notosuchia (Pseudosuchia: Crocodylomorpha) warm-blooded? A palaeohistological analysis suggests ectothermy". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 131 (1): 154–162. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/blaa081.
A. de Celis; I. Narváez; A. Arcucci; F. Ortega (2020). "Lagerstätte effect drives notosuchian palaeodiversity (Crocodyliformes, Notosuchia)". Historical Biology. 33 (11): 3031–3040. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1844682. S2CID 228864096.
Felipe C. Montefeltro; Stephan Lautenschlager; Pedro L. Godoy; Gabriel S. Ferreira; Richard J. Butler (2020). "A unique predator in a unique ecosystem: modelling the apex predator within a Late Cretaceous crocodyliform-dominated fauna from Brazil". Journal of Anatomy. 237 (2): 323–333. doi:10.1111/joa.13192. PMC 7369189. PMID 32255518.
Pedro Henrique Morais Fonseca; Agustín Guillermo Martinelli; Thiago da Silva Marinho; Luiz Carlos Borges Ribeiro; Cesar Leandro Schultz; Marina Bento Soares (2020). "Morphology of the endocranial cavities of Campinasuchus dinizi (Crocodyliformes: Baurusuchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil". Geobios. 58: 1–16. Bibcode:2020Geobi..58....1F. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2019.11.001. S2CID 213615580.
Marcos V. Dumont Jr; Rodrigo M. Santucci; Marco Brandalise de Andrade; Carlos Eduardo Maia de Oliveira (2022). "Paleoneurology of Baurusuchus (Crocodyliformes: Baurusuchidae), ontogenetic variation, brain size, and sensorial implications". The Anatomical Record. 305 (10): 2670–2694. doi:10.1002/ar.24567. hdl:10923/19660. PMID 33211405. S2CID 227067296.
Stéphane Jouve; Nour-Eddine Jalil (2020). "Paleocene resurrection of a crocodylomorph taxon: Biotic crises, climatic and sea level fluctuations" (PDF). Gondwana Research. 85: 1–18. Bibcode:2020GondR..85....1J. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.03.010. S2CID 219451890.
Felipe C. Montefeltro; Mario Bronzati; Max C. Langer; Luiz E. Anelli (2020). "A new specimen of Susisuchus anatoceps (Crocodyliformes, Neosuchia) with a non-eusuchian-type palate". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (5): e1716240. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1716240. S2CID 213053518.
Jeremy E. Martin; Thierry Smith; Céline Salaviale; Jerôme Adrien; Massimo Delfino (2020). "Virtual reconstruction of the skull of Bernissartia fagesii and current understanding of the neosuchian–eusuchian transition". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (13): 1079–1101. Bibcode:2020JSPal..18.1079M. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1731722. S2CID 216464226.
Alejandro Serrano-Martínez; Fabien Knoll; Iván Narváez; Stephan Lautenschlager; Francisco Ortega (2020). "Neuroanatomical and neurosensorial analysis of the Late Cretaceous basal eusuchian Agaresuchus fontisensis (Cuenca, Spain)". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (1): 641–656. doi:10.1002/spp2.1296. ISSN 2056-2799. S2CID 214145783.
Pedro L. Godoy; Giovanne M. Cidade; Felipe C. Montefeltro; Max C. Langer; Mark A. Norell (2020). "Redescription and phylogenetic affinities of the caimanine Eocaiman cavernensis (Crocodylia, Alligatoroidea) from the Eocene of Argentina". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (3): 1205–1231. doi:10.1002/spp2.1339. S2CID 222240131.
François Pujos; Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi (2020). "Predation of the giant Miocene caiman Purussaurus on a mylodontid ground sloth in the wetlands of proto-Amazonia". Biology Letters. 16 (8): Article ID 20200239. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2020.0239. PMC 7480153. PMID 32842894. S2CID 221298643.
Giovanne M. Cidade; Ascanio D. Rincón; Andrés Solórzano (2020). "New cranial and postcranial elements of Mourasuchus (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) from the late Miocene of Venezuela and their palaeobiological implications". Historical Biology. 33 (10): 2387–2399. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1795844. S2CID 225395230.
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