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Fossil deep-sea snapper (Actinopterygii: Lutjanidae) from the Last Interoceanic Central American Deep Strait (LICADS)
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Aguilera, Orangel, Gracia, Carlos De, Rodriguez, Félix, Araújo, Olga Oliveira de, Buckup, Paulo Andreas, Béarez, Philippe, Linhares, Ana Paula, Costi, Hilton Tulio, Schwarzhans, Werner, Costeur, Loic, Thivaiou, Danae, Silveira, Carla Semiramis, Lopes, Ricardo Tadeu (2025): Fossil deep-sea snapper (Actinopterygii: Lutjanidae) from the Last Interoceanic Central American Deep Strait (LICADS). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (53) 144 (1): 1-26, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-025-00391-4, URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00391-4
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