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Article: New Albian (Early Cretaceous) ophiuroids from the Tlayúa Quarry, Puebla, Mexico

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2009
Page(s): 83 – 94
Author(s): Leonora Martin-Medrano, Ben Thuy and Pedro García-Barrera
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MARTIN-MEDRANO, L., THUY, B., GARCÍA-BARRERA, P. 2009. New Albian (Early Cretaceous) ophiuroids from the Tlayúa Quarry, Puebla, Mexico. Palaeontology, 52, 1, 83–94.

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