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Article: Spore assemblages from the Lower Devonian Xujiachong Formation from Qujing, Yunnan, China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2012
Page(s): 583 – 611
Author(s): Charles H. Wellman, Huaicheng Zhu, John E. A. Marshall, Yi Wang, Christopher M. Berry and Honghe Xu
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WELLMAN, C. H., ZHU, H., MARSHALL, J. E. A., WANG, Y., BERRY, C. M., XU, H. 2012. Spore assemblages from the Lower Devonian Xujiachong Formation from Qujing, Yunnan, China. Palaeontology, 55, 3, 583–611.

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