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Article: On the use of osteoderm features in a phylogenetic approach on the internal relationships of the Chroniosuchia (Tetrapoda: Reptiliomorpha)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2012
Page(s): 623 – 640
Author(s): Michael Buchwitz, Christian Foth, Ilja Kogan and Sebastian Voigt
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BUCHWITZ, M., FOTH, C., KOGAN, I., VOIGT, S. 2012. On the use of osteoderm features in a phylogenetic approach on the internal relationships of the Chroniosuchia (Tetrapoda: Reptiliomorpha). Palaeontology, 55, 3, 623–640.

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