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Article: Coptoclavid beetles (Coleoptera: Adephaga) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain: a new feeding strategy in beetles

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2007
Page(s): 525 – 536
Author(s): Carmen Soriano, Alexandr G. Ponomarenko and Xavier Delclòs
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SORIANO, C., PONOMARENKO, A. G., DELCLÃ’S, X. 2007. Coptoclavid beetles (Coleoptera: Adephaga) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain: a new feeding strategy in beetles. Palaeontology, 50, 2, 525–536.

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