The Crato Formation fish fauna

The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 429-443

  Brito, Paulo M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535512.013     Document Type: Chapter

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