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Article: New occurrences of the wood Protocupressinoxylon purbeckensis Francis: implications for terrestrial biomes in southwestern Europe at the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2010
Page(s): 201 – 214
Author(s): <p>Marc Philippe, Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat, Jose C. Garcia-Ramos, Lo&iuml;c Bocat, Bernard Gomez and Laura Pi&ntilde;uela</p>
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PHILIPPE, M., BILLON-BRUYAT, J., GARCIA-RAMOS, J. C., BOCAT, L., GOMEZ, B., PINUELA, L. 2010. New occurrences of the wood Protocupressinoxylon purbeckensis Francis: implications for terrestrial biomes in southwestern Europe at the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary. Palaeontology, 53, 1, 201–214.

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