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Soft-tissue anatomy of the Plesiosaur pectoral girdle inferred from basal Eosauropterygia taxa and the extant phylogenetic bracket

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Araujo, R, Correia, F (2015): Soft-tissue anatomy of the Plesiosaur pectoral girdle inferred from basal Eosauropterygia taxa and the extant phylogenetic bracket. Palaeontologia Electronica (Basel, Switzerland) 10 (14): 1-32, DOI: 10.26879/446, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/446

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