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New record of a stahleckeriid dicynodont (Therapsida, Dicynodontia) from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil and biostratigraphic remarks on the Riograndia Assemblage Zone

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Pages 3101-3110 | Received 13 Oct 2020, Accepted 11 Nov 2020, Published online: 01 Dec 2020

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