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Gladiopycnodontidae, a new family of pycnodontiform fishes from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, with the description of three genera

  • 1. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Department of Paleontology, Vautierstreet, 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: & urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:0CF81641-1DD1-4CBD-9735-F1FE7EB0BCF5
  • 2. Museo Universitario dell'Universitá "G. d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Piazza Trento e Trieste 1, I-66100 Chieti, Italy. E-mail: & urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:C79C14CF-C1D7-48E3-9BA9-CAD8AA0909F7

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Taverne, Louis, Capasso, Luigi (2013): Gladiopycnodontidae, a new family of pycnodontiform fishes from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon, with the description of three genera. European Journal of Taxonomy 57: 1-30, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2013.57

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