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Article: Cretaceous opine bivalves from the Pacific slope of North America and palaeobiogeography of subfamily Opinae Chavan, 1969

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2009
Page(s): 1311 – 1347
Author(s): Richard L. Squires and Louella R. Saul
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SQUIRES, R. L., SAUL, L. R. 2009. Cretaceous opine bivalves from the Pacific slope of North America and palaeobiogeography of subfamily Opinae Chavan, 1969. Palaeontology, 52, 6, 1311–1347.

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