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A new sphenodontian (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the McCoy Brook Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Nova Scotia, Canada

Hans-Dieter Sues Department of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2C6; Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1A1
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Neil H. Shubin Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
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Paul E. Olsen Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York, 10964
Pages 327-340 | Received 10 Feb 1993, Accepted 14 May 1993, Published online: 24 Aug 2010

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