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The postcranial anatomy of Suminia getmanovi (Synapsida: Anomodontia), the earliest known arboreal tetrapod

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Fröbisch, Jörg, Reisz, Robert R. (2011): The postcranial anatomy of Suminia getmanovi (Synapsida: Anomodontia), the earliest known arboreal tetrapod. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (3): 661-698, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00685.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00685.x

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