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Article: A new taxon of phytosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Late Triassic (Norian) Sonsela Member (Chinle Formation) in Arizona, and a critical reevaluation of Leptosuchus Case, 1922

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2010
Page(s): 997 – 1022
Author(s): Michelle R. Stocker
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STOCKER, M. R. 2010. A new taxon of phytosaur (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the Late Triassic (Norian) Sonsela Member (Chinle Formation) in Arizona, and a critical reevaluation of Leptosuchus Case, 1922. Palaeontology, 53, 5, 997–1022.

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