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The skull of the Early Triassic archosauromorph reptile Prolacerta broomi and its phylogenetic significance

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Modesto, Sean P., Sues, Hans-Dieter (2004): The skull of the Early Triassic archosauromorph reptile Prolacerta broomi and its phylogenetic significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140 (3): 335-351, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00102.x, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00102.x

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