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Journal of Spectroscopy
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 437439, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/437439
Research Article

Spectroscopic Analysis of a Theropod Dinosaur (Reptilia, Archosauria) from the Ipubi Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeastern Brazil

João Hermínio da Silva,1 Francisco Eduardo de Sousa Filho,2 Antônio Álamo Feitosa Saraiva,3 Nádia Amanda Andrade,3 Bartolomeu Cruz Viana,4 Juliana Manso Sayão,5 Bruno Tavares de Oliveira Abagaro,6 Paulo de Tarso Cavalcante Freire,6 and Gilberto Dantas Saraiva7

1Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Cariri, 63000-000 Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil
2Departamento de Física, Universidade Regional do Cariri, 63100-100 Crato, CE, Brazil
3Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Regional do Cariri, 63100-100 Crato, CE, Brazil
4Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Piauí, 64049-550 Teresina, PI, Brazil
5Núcleo de Biologia, Centro Acadêmico de Vitória, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 55608-680 Vitória de Santo Antão, PE, Brazil
6Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Ceará, 604455-760 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
7Faculdade de Educação Ciências e Letras do Sertão Central, Universidade Estadual do Ceará, 63900-000 Quixadá, CE, Brazil

Received 20 June 2012; Revised 3 August 2012; Accepted 17 August 2012

Academic Editor: Kong-Thon Tsen

Copyright © 2013 João Hermínio da Silva et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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