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On a new Melanosuchus species (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) from Solimões Formation (Eocene-Pliocene), Northern Brazil, and evolution of Caimaninae
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- 1. jpdesouzafilho@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0481-3204
- 2. guilherme.edson@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-1770
- 3. INPE-Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, MCT, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 4. Departamento de Geologia, CCMN-IGEO, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 21.910-200, Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ismar@geologia.ufrj.br; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1811-0588
- 5. Laboratório de Paleontologia, Universidade Federal do Acre-Campus Floresta, 69895-000, Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil.
- 6. andreamaciente@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3504-1833
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Souza-Filho, Jonas Pereira De, Guilherme, Edson, Toledo, Peter Mann De, Carvalho, Ismar De Souza, Negri, Francisco Ricardo, Maciente, Andréa Aparecida Da Rocha, Cidade, Giovanne M., Lacerda, Mauro Bruno Da Silva, Souza, Lucy Gomes De (2020): On a new Melanosuchus species (Alligatoroidea: Caimaninae) from Solimões Formation (Eocene-Pliocene), Northern Brazil, and evolution of Caimaninae. Zootaxa 4894 (4): 561-593, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.4.5
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