Rapid Communication First Record of Erpetosuchus (reptilia: Archosauria) from the Late Triassic of North America
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PAUL E. OLSEN1, HANS-DIETER SUES2, and MARK A. NORELL3 1Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York 10964; 2Department of Palaeobiology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 and Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G5; 3Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024
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