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Article: Comparisons between Palaeocene–Eocene paratropical swamp and marginal marine pollen floras from Alabama and Mississippi, USA

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2008
Page(s): 611 – 622
Author(s): Guy J. Harrington
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HARRINGTON, G. J. 2008. Comparisons between Palaeocene–Eocene paratropical swamp and marginal marine pollen floras from Alabama and Mississippi, USA. Palaeontology, 51, 3, 611–622.

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