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Description of a new specimen of Susisuchus anatoceps (Crocodylomorpha: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Crato Formation (Santana Group) with comments on Neosuchia

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Figueiredo, Rodrigo G., Moreira, João K. R., Saraiva, Antônio Á. F., Kellner, Alexander W. A. (2011): Description of a new specimen of Susisuchus anatoceps (Crocodylomorpha: Mesoeucrocodylia) from the Crato Formation (Santana Group) with comments on Neosuchia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (5): 644-645, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00721.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00721.x

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