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Article: Crocodylomorph eggs and eggshells from the Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group), Upper Cretaceous of Brazil

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2011
Page(s): 309 – 321
Author(s): Carlos E. M. Oliveira, Rodrigo M. Santucci, Marco B. Andrade, Vicente J. Fulfaro, José A. F. Basílio and Michael J. Benton
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OLIVEIRA, C. E. M., SANTUCCI, R. M., ANDRADE, M. B., FULFARO, V. J., BASÍLIO, J. A. F., BENTON, M. J. 2011. Crocodylomorph eggs and eggshells from the Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group), Upper Cretaceous of Brazil. Palaeontology, 54, 2, 309–321.

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