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The postcranial anatomy of Whatcheeria deltae and its implications for the family Whatcheeriidae

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Otoo, Benjamin K A, Bolt, John R, Lombard, R Eric, Angielczyk, Kenneth D, Coates, Michael I (2021): The postcranial anatomy of Whatcheeria deltae and its implications for the family Whatcheeriidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (2): 700, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa182, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/193/2/700/6144098

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