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Article: The Middle Ordovician Proventocitum procerulum radiolarian assemblage of Spitsbergen and its biostratigraphic correlation

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2008
Page(s): 1181 – 1200
Author(s): Jörg Maletz and David L. Bruton
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MALETZ, J., BRUTON, D. L. 2008. The Middle Ordovician Proventocitum procerulum radiolarian assemblage of Spitsbergen and its biostratigraphic correlation. Palaeontology, 51, 5, 1181–1200.

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