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Biogeography of theropod dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous: evidence from central South America
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- 1. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Instituto de Geociências, Cidade Universitária, Rua Carlos Gomes, 250, 13083-855 Campinas,SP, Brazil & Laboratório de Paleontologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo,Avenida Bandeirantes,3900, 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil & SNSB, Baverische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie,Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, GeoBioCenter, Ludwig- Maximilians-Universitv, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, D-80333 München, Germanv
- 2. Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia, Museu Nacional,da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (MN/UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 3. Alimíni Consultoria Científica Ltda. Rua Manoel Vieira Sarmento, 03, Chácara Santana São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- 4. Unidad Ejecutora Lillo,CONICET - Fundación Miguel Lillo, Miguel Lillo 251, San Miguel de Tucumán 4000, Tucumán, Argentina
- 5. Laboratório de Paleontologia, Centro Universitário Fundação Santo André, Avenida Príncipe de Gales, 821, 09060-650, Santo André, SP,Brazil & Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré, 481, 04263-000, São Paulo, SP,Brazil & ISEM at Southern Methodist Universitv, Dallas, TX, USA
- 6. Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Rua das Engenharias, s/n, Lagoa Nova, 59072-970, Natal, RN, Brazil & Laboratório de Paleoecologia e Paleoicnologia, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva (DEBE), Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Rod. Washington Luís,s/n, Monjolinho, 13565-905, São Carlos, SP,Brazil
- 7. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Instituto de Geociências, Cidade Universitária, Rua Carlos Gomes, 250, 13083-855 Campinas,SP, Brazil
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Delcourt, Rafael, Brilhante, Natan S, Pires-Domingues, Ricardo A, Hendrickx, Christophe, Grillo, Orlando N, Augusta, Bruno G, Maciel, Bárbara S, Ghilardi, Aline M, Ricardi-Branco, Fresia (2024): Biogeography of theropod dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous: evidence from central South America. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (2): 1-40, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad184, URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad184
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