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Title:           Growing giants: ontogeny and life history of the temnospondyl Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Stereospondyli) from the Middle Triassic of Germany
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      Title: Growing giants: ontogeny and life history of the temnospondyl Mastodonsaurus giganteus (Stereospondyli) from the Middle Triassic of Germany
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        Title: Material
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        Title: Ontogeny
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        Title: Abbreviations
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        Title: Genus Mastodonsaurus Jaeger, 1828
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        Title: Mastodonsaurus giganteus Jaeger, 1828
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        Title: Paleoecology and life history of Mastodonsaurus giganteus
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