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Late Jurassic marine vertebrates from Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca State, southern Mexico

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Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús, Barrientos-Lara, Jair Israel, Espinosa-Arrubarrena, Luis, Melgarejo-Damián, Pilar (2013): Late Jurassic marine vertebrates from Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca State, southern Mexico. Palaeontologia Electronica (24A) 17 (2): 1-25, DOI: 10.26879/454, URL: https://doi.org/10.26879/454

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