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Article: Lycophytes from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) locality Kühwiesenkopf (Monte Prà della Vacca) in the Dolomites (northern Italy)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2010
Page(s): 595 – 626
Author(s): Evelyn Kustatscher, Michael Wachtler and Johanna H. A. Van Konijnenburg-Van Cittert
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KUSTATSCHER, E., WACHTLER, M., CITTERT, J. H. A. 2010. Lycophytes from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) locality Kühwiesenkopf (Monte Prà della Vacca) in the Dolomites (northern Italy). Palaeontology, 53, 3, 595–626.

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