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Article: Testate amoebae from the Early Jurassic of the western Tethys, north-east Italy

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2008
Page(s): 1335 – 1339
Author(s): Davide Bassi, Anna Fugagnoli, Renato Posenato and David B. Scott
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BASSI, D., FUGAGNOLI, A., POSENATO, R., SCOTT, D. B. 2008. Testate amoebae from the Early Jurassic of the western Tethys, north-east Italy. Palaeontology, 51, 6, 1335–1339.

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