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Article: A new species of Azendohsaurus (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the Triassic Isalo Group of southwestern Madagascar: cranium and mandible

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2010
Page(s): 669 – 688
Author(s): John J. Flynn, Sterling J. Nesbitt, J. Michael Parrish, Lovasoa Ranivoharimanana and André R. Wyss
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FLYNN, J. J., NESBITT, S. J., PARRISH, J., RANIVOHARIMANANA, L., WYSS, A. R. 2010. A new species of Azendohsaurus (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the Triassic Isalo Group of southwestern Madagascar: cranium and mandible. Palaeontology, 53, 3, 669–688.

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