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Article: An integrative approach to distinguishing the Late Permian dicynodont species Oudenodon bainii and Tropidostoma microtrema (Therapsida: Anomodontia)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2007
Page(s): 1175 – 1209
Author(s): J. Botha and K. D. Angielczyk
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BOTHA, J., ANGIELCZYK, K. D. 2007. An integrative approach to distinguishing the Late Permian dicynodont species Oudenodon bainii and Tropidostoma microtrema (Therapsida: Anomodontia). Palaeontology, 50, 5, 1175–1209.

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