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A new toothed pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Anhangueridae) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, NE Brazil
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- 1. Laboratório de Paleontologia e Sistemática, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manuel de Medeiros s/n, Dois Irmãos, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. E-mail: gustavoliveira@gmail.com
- 2. Laboratório de Biodiversidade do Nordeste, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Rua do Alto Reservatório s/n, Bela Vista, Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, Brazil. E-mail: jmsayao@gmail.com
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Bantim, Renan A. M., Saraiva, Antônio A. F., Oliveira, Gustavo R., Sayão, Juliana M. (2014): A new toothed pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Anhangueridae) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, NE Brazil. Zootaxa 3869 (3): 201-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.3.1
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