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Article: A new species of Acynodon (Crocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian) of Villaggio del Pescatore, Italy

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2008
Page(s): 1091 – 1106
Author(s): Massimo Delfino, Jeremy E. Martin and Eric Buffetaut
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DELFINO, M., MARTIN, J. E., BUFFETAUT, E. 2008. A new species of Acynodon (Crocodylia) from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian) of Villaggio del Pescatore, Italy. Palaeontology, 51, 5, 1091–1106.

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