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A new crocodyliform from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania

Joseph J. W. SertichDepartment of Earth Sciences, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, Colorado80205, U.S.A.
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Patrick M. O’ConnorDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, 228 Irvine Hall, Athens, Ohio45701, U.S.A.;Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies, Irvine Hall, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio45701, U.S.A.
Pages 576-596 | Received 29 Oct 2012, Accepted 23 Jun 2013, Published online: 06 May 2014

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