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The cranial morphology of the temnospondyl Australerpeton cosgriffi (Tetrapoda: Stereospondyli) from the Middle-Late Permian of Paraná Basin and the phylogenetic relationships of Rhinesuchidae

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Eltink, Estevan, Dias, Eliseu V., Dias-Da-Silva, Sérgio, Schultz, Cesar L., Langer, Max C. (2016): The cranial morphology of the temnospondyl Australerpeton cosgriffi (Tetrapoda: Stereospondyli) from the Middle-Late Permian of Paraná Basin and the phylogenetic relationships of Rhinesuchidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (4): 835-860, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12339, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/zoj.12339

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