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Article: An early isocrinid sea lily from the middle to late Anisian boundary (Middle Triassic) of south-west China – evidence for a far-east Tethyan origin of the family Isocrinidae

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2011
Page(s): 1415 – 1433
Author(s): Frank Stiller
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STILLER, F. 2011. An early isocrinid sea lily from the middle to late Anisian boundary (Middle Triassic) of south-west China – evidence for a far-east Tethyan origin of the family Isocrinidae. Palaeontology, 54, 6, 1415–1433.

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