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The cranial morphology of a new species of the genus of Trematosaurus, T. galae sp. nov., represented by fragmentary specimens from the Lower Triassic Donskaya Luka locality (Volgograd Region), is described in detail. The diagnosis of the genus Trematosaurus is amended.
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Original Russian Text © I.V. Novikov, 2010, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, No. 4, pp. 94–104.
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Novikov, I.V. New data on trematosauroid labyrinthodonts of Eastern Europe: 2. Trematosaurus galae sp. nov.: Cranial morphology. Paleontol. J. 44, 457–467 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103011004012X
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