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Article: Rhaetian (Late Triassic) Monotis (Bivalvia: Pectinoida) from the eastern Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria) and the end-Norian crisis in pelagic faunas

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2008
Page(s): 721 – 735
Author(s): Christopher A. McRoberts, Leopold Krystyn and Adriel Shea
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MCROBERTS, C. A., KRYSTYN, L., SHEA, A. 2008. Rhaetian (Late Triassic) Monotis (Bivalvia: Pectinoida) from the eastern Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria) and the end-Norian crisis in pelagic faunas. Palaeontology, 51, 3, 721–735.

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