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Article: A re-evaluation of sphenacodontid synapsid material from the Lower Permian fissure fills near Richards Spur, Oklahoma

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2009
Page(s): 219 – 227
Author(s): David C. Evans, Hillary C. Maddin and Robert R. Reisz
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EVANS, D. C., MADDIN, H. C., REISZ, R. R. 2009. A re-evaluation of sphenacodontid synapsid material from the Lower Permian fissure fills near Richards Spur, Oklahoma. Palaeontology, 52, 1, 219–227.

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