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Article: First record of Nilssoniopteris (Gymnospermophyta, Bennettitales) from the Carnian (Upper Triassic) of Lunz, Lower Austria

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2007
Page(s): 1299 – 1318
Author(s): Christian Pott, Michael Krings and Hans Kerp
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POTT, C., KRINGS, M., KERP, H. 2007. First record of Nilssoniopteris (Gymnospermophyta, Bennettitales) from the Carnian (Upper Triassic) of Lunz, Lower Austria. Palaeontology, 50, 5, 1299–1318.

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