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A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae

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Cerqueira, Gabriela M., Santos, Mateus A.C., Marks, Maikon F., Sayão, Juliana M., Pinheiro, Felipe L. (2021): A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (3): 555-570, DOI: 10.4202/app.00848.2020, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00848.2020

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