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Article: Squatiniformes (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of southern England and northern France with redescription of the holotype of Squatina cranei Woodward, 1888

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2012
Page(s): 529 – 551
Author(s): Guillaume Guinot, Charlie J. Underwood, Henri Cappetta and David J. Ward
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GUINOT, G., UNDERWOOD, C. J., CAPPETTA, H., WARD, D. J. 2012. Squatiniformes (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of southern England and northern France with redescription of the holotype of Squatina cranei Woodward, 1888. Palaeontology, 55, 3, 529–551.

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