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Article: The trackmaker of Apatopus (Late Triassic, North America): implications for the evolution of archosaur stance and gait

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2010
Page(s): 175 – 189
Author(s): Kevin Padian, Cheng Li and Julia Pchelnikova
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PADIAN, K., LI, C., PCHELNIKOVA, J. 2010. The trackmaker of Apatopus (Late Triassic, North America): implications for the evolution of archosaur stance and gait. Palaeontology, 53, 1, 175–189.

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