A New Crocodylian from the Late Maastrichtian of Spain: Implications for the Initial Radiation of Crocodyloids

Eduardo Puértolas; José I. Canudo; Penélope Cruzado-Caballero

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020011

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A New Crocodylian from the Late Maastrichtian of Spain: Implications for the Initial Radiation of Crocodyloids

Eduardo Puértolas ,

* E-mail: puertola@unizar.es

Affiliation Grupo Aragosaurus-IUCA, Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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José I. Canudo,

Affiliation Grupo Aragosaurus-IUCA, Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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Penélope Cruzado-Caballero

Affiliation Grupo Aragosaurus-IUCA, Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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A New Crocodylian from the Late Maastrichtian of Spain: Implications for the Initial Radiation of Crocodyloids

Eduardo Puértolas,
José I. Canudo,
Penélope Cruzado-Caballero

Published: June 8, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020011

About the Authors

Eduardo Puértolas

* E-mail: puertola@unizar.es

Affiliation Grupo Aragosaurus-IUCA, Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

José I. Canudo

Affiliation Grupo Aragosaurus-IUCA, Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Penélope Cruzado-Caballero

Affiliation Grupo Aragosaurus-IUCA, Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EP JIC PCC. Performed the experiments: EP JIC PCC. Analyzed the data: EP JIC PCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EP JIC PCC. Wrote the paper: EP JIC PCC.

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