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The pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil at the CosmoCaixa Science Museum (Barcelona, Spain)

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Pages 729-748 | Received 29 Oct 2013, Accepted 01 Sep 2014, Published online: 02 Oct 2014

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