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Article: New fossil lacewings and antlions (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2008
Page(s): 149 – 162
Author(s): Federica Menon and Vladimir N. Makarkin
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MENON, F., MAKARKIN, V. N. 2008. New fossil lacewings and antlions (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Palaeontology, 51, 1, 149–162.

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