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Cenomanocarcinidae n. fam., a new Cretaceous podotreme family (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Raninoidia), with comments on related families

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  • 1. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Milieux et Peuplements aquatiques, case postale 53, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) guinot@mnhn.fr
  • 2. Instituto de Geología, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México DF, 04510 (México) vegver@servidor.unam.mx
  • 3. Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort, Bosscheweg 80, NL-5283 WB Boxtel (The Netherlands) barryvanbakel@gmail.com

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Guinot, Danièle, Vega, Francisco J., Van Bakel, Barry W. M. (2008): Cenomanocarcinidae n. fam., a new Cretaceous podotreme family (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Raninoidia), with comments on related families. Geodiversitas 30 (4): 681-719, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4651166

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