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Publication da Silva et al. (2020): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

da Silva, V.R., F.G. Varejão, S.A. Matos, F.T. Fürsich, A. Skawina et al. 2020. Cratonaia novaolindensis gen. et sp. nov. (Unionida, Silesunionoidea) from the Aptian of Brazil (Araripe Basin), and its implications for the early evolution of freshwater mussels. Cretaceous Research 107 (104275): 1-15. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Cratonaia da Silva et al., 2020
da Silva et al., 2020. Cretaceous Research 107 (104275): 5.
Type species: Cratonaia novaolindensis da Silva et al., 2020 (orig. desig.) = Cratonaia novaolindensis

Attributed Nominal Species

Cratonaia novaolindensis da Silva et al., 2020
da Silva et al., 2020. Cretaceous Research 107 (104275): 5, figs. 3-7A.

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