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Article: The identity of the Ordovician (Darriwilian) graptolite Fucoides dentatus Brongniart, 1828

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2011
Page(s): 851 – 865
Author(s): Jörg Maletz
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MALETZ, J. 2011. The identity of the Ordovician (Darriwilian) graptolite Fucoides dentatus Brongniart, 1828. Palaeontology, 54, 4, 851–865.

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