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Article: An appraisal of the fossil record for the Cirolanidae (Malacostraca: Peracarida: Isopoda: Cymothoida), with a description of a new cirolanid isopod crustacean from the early Miocene of the Vienna Basin (Western Carpathians)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2013
Page(s): 615 – 630
Author(s): Matúš Hyžný, Niel L. Bruce and Ján Schlögl
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HYN, M., BRUCE, N. L., SCHLGL, J. 2013. An appraisal of the fossil record for the Cirolanidae (Malacostraca: Peracarida: Isopoda: Cymothoida), with a description of a new cirolanid isopod crustacean from the early Miocene of the Vienna Basin (Western Carpathians). Palaeontology, 56, 3, 615–630.

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