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Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-07-21
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Validation of Prebranchioplax cretacica Vega & Ahyong, a fossil mathildellid crab from the Upper Cretaceous of northeast Mexico (Crustacea: Decapoda: Goneplacoidea)

Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, CDMX, Mexico.
Australian Museum, 1 William St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia. School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.
Crustacea Decapoda Goneplacoidea

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