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Toward the origin of amniotes: Diadectomorph and synapsid footprints from the early Late Carboniferous of Germany

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Voigt, Sebastian, Ganzelewski, Michael (2010): Toward the origin of amniotes: Diadectomorph and synapsid footprints from the early Late Carboniferous of Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 (1): 57-72, DOI: 10.4202/app.2009.0021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2009.0021

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