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A new pycnodont fish, Scalacurvichthys naishi gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of Israel

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Cawley, John J., Kriwet, Jurgen (2018): A new pycnodont fish, Scalacurvichthys naishi gen. et sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of Israel. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16 (8): 659-673, DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1330772, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1330772

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