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Article: A new traversodontid cynodont (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Middle Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2009
Page(s): 229 – 250
Author(s): Máriam Reichel, Cesar Leandro Schultz and Marina Bento Soares
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REICHEL, M., SCHULTZ, C., SOARES, M. 2009. A new traversodontid cynodont (Therapsida, Eucynodontia) from the Middle Triassic Santa Maria Formation of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Palaeontology, 52, 1, 229–250.

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