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Article: Bennettitalean leaf cuticle fragments (here Anomozamites and Pterophyllum) can be used interchangeably in stomatal frequency-based palaeo-CO2

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2011
Page(s): 867 – 882
Author(s): Margret Steinthorsdottir, Karen L. Bacon, Mihai E. Popa, Laura Bochner and Jennifer C. Mcelwain
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STEINTHORSDOTTIR, M., BACON, K. L., POPA, M. E., BOCHNER, L., MCELWAIN, J. C. 2011. Bennettitalean leaf cuticle fragments (here Anomozamites and Pterophyllum) can be used interchangeably in stomatal frequency-based palaeo-CO2. Palaeontology, 54, 4, 867–882.

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