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Article: A new neosuchian crocodylomorph (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Early Cretaceous of north-east Brazil

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2009
Page(s): 991 – 1007
Author(s): Daniel C. Fortier and Cesar L. Schultz
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FORTIER, D. C., SCHULTZ, C. L. 2009. A new neosuchian crocodylomorph (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Early Cretaceous of north-east Brazil. Palaeontology, 52, 5, 991–1007.

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