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Article: A new temnospondyl from the Permo-Triassic Buena Vista Formation of Uruguay

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2007
Page(s): 627 – 640
Author(s): Graciela Piñeiro, Claudia Marsicano and Nora Lorenzo
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PIÑEIRO, G., MARSICANO, C., LORENZO, N. 2007. A new temnospondyl from the Permo-Triassic Buena Vista Formation of Uruguay. Palaeontology, 50, 3, 627–640.

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