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Article: Tetrapod postural shift estimated from Permian and Triassic trackways

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2009
Page(s): 1029 – 1037
Author(s): Tai Kubo and Michael J. Benton
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KUBO, T., BENTON, M. J. 2009. Tetrapod postural shift estimated from Permian and Triassic trackways. Palaeontology, 52, 5, 1029–1037.

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