Article: Filling a gap: the first occurrences of Epiphaxum (Cnidaria: Helioporacea: Lithotelestidae) in the Eocene, Oligocene and Miocene
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
51
Part:
1
Publication Date:
January
2008
Page(s):
241
–
250
Author(s):
Pierre Lozouet and Tina Molodtsova
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