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Osteology of the archosauromorph Teyujagua paradoxa and the early evolution of the archosauriform skull

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Pinheiro, Felipe L, De Simão-Oliveira, Daniel, Butler, Richard J (2020): Osteology of the archosauromorph Teyujagua paradoxa and the early evolution of the archosauriform skull. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189 (1): 378-417, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz093, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/189/1/378/5585773

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