Birds of the Crato Formation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 525-534

  Naish, Darren ^a   Martill, David M ^a   Merrick, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535512.019     Document Type: Chapter

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