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Redescription of the phytosaurs Paleorhinus ('Francosuchus') angustifrons and Ebrachosuchus neukami from Germany, with implications for Late Triassic biochronology

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Butler, Richard J., Rauhut, Oliver W. M., Stocker, Michelle R., Bronowicz, Robert (2014): Redescription of the phytosaurs Paleorhinus ('Francosuchus') angustifrons and Ebrachosuchus neukami from Germany, with implications for Late Triassic biochronology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170 (1): 155-208, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12094, URL: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/zoj.12094

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