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Article: Palaeohistology and external microanatomy of rauisuchian osteoderms (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2011
Page(s): 1289 – 1302
Author(s): Torsten M. Scheyer and Julia B. Desojo
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SCHEYER, T. M., DESOJO, J. B. 2011. Palaeohistology and external microanatomy of rauisuchian osteoderms (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia). Palaeontology, 54, 6, 1289–1302.

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