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Article: A new view on Nematothallus: coralline red algae from the Silurian of Gotland

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2013
Page(s): 345 – 357
Author(s): Martin R. Smith and Nicholas J. Butterfield
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SMITH, M. R., BUTTERFIELD, N. J. 2013. A new view on Nematothallus: coralline red algae from the Silurian of Gotland. Palaeontology, 56, 2, 345–357.

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