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The skeletal anatomy of the triassic protorosaur Dinocephalosaurus orientalis Li, from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, southern China

Olivier Rieppel Department of Geology, The Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60605 E-mail: [email protected]
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Chun Li Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Post Office Box 643, Beijing, 100044, China E-mail: [email protected]
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Nicholas C. Fraser Virginia Museum of Natural History, 1001 Douglas Avenue, Martinsville, Virginia, 24112; Keeper Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 95-110 | Received 14 Dec 2006, Accepted 14 Jul 2007, Published online: 02 Aug 2010

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