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Article: Mississippian crinoid biodiversity, biogeography and macroevolution

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2013
Page(s): 727 – 740
Author(s): William I. Ausich and Thomas W. Kammer
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AUSICH, W. I., KAMMER, T. W. 2013. Mississippian crinoid biodiversity, biogeography and macroevolution. Palaeontology, 56, 4, 727–740.

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