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A new species of basal rhynchosaur (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the early Middle Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution of Rhynchosauria

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Butler, Richard J., Ezcurra, Martín D., Montefeltro, Felipe C., Samathi, Adun, Sobral, Gabriela (2015): A new species of basal rhynchosaur (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the early Middle Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution of Rhynchosauria. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174 (3): 571-588, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12246, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12246

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