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The skull of the Upper Cretaceous baurusuchid crocodile Baurusuchus albertoi Nascimento & Zaher 2010, and its phylogenetic affinities

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Nascimento, Paulo Miranda, Zaher, Hussam (2011): The skull of the Upper Cretaceous baurusuchid crocodile Baurusuchus albertoi Nascimento & Zaher 2010, and its phylogenetic affinities. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (5): 644-645, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00708.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00708.x

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