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Exceptional crocodylomorph biodiversity of "La Cantalera" site (lower Barremian; Lower Cretaceous) in Teruel, Spain

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Puértolas Pascual, E, Rabal Garcés, R, Canudo, JI (2015): Exceptional crocodylomorph biodiversity of "La Cantalera" site (lower Barremian; Lower Cretaceous) in Teruel, Spain. Palaeontologia Electronica (Basel, Switzerland) 13 (1): 1-16, DOI: 10.26879/514, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/514

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