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Article: Diversity, taphonomy and palaeoecology of an angiosperm flora from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Coniacian) in southern Patagonia, Argentina

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2007
Page(s): 445 – 466
Author(s): Ari Iglesias, Alba B. Zamuner, Daniel G. Poiré and Fernando Larriestra
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IGLESIAS, A., ZAMUNER, A. B., POIRÉ, D. G., LARRIESTRA, F. 2007. Diversity, taphonomy and palaeoecology of an angiosperm flora from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Coniacian) in southern Patagonia, Argentina. Palaeontology, 50, 2, 445–466.

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