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Megalancosaurus, a possibly arboreal archosauromorph (Reptilia) from the Upper Triassic of northern Italy

Silvio Renesto Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 34, 1-20133 Milano, Italy
Pages 38-52 | Received 10 Apr 1992, Accepted 02 Nov 1992, Published online: 24 Aug 2010

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