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Article: New ammonoid taxa from the Lower Cretaceous Giumal Formation of the Tethyan Himalaya (Northern India)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2013
Page(s): 991 – 1028
Author(s): Alexander Lukeneder, Thomas J. Suttner, Rufus J and Bertle
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LUKENEDER, A., SUTTNER, T. J., J, R., , B. 2013. New ammonoid taxa from the Lower Cretaceous Giumal Formation of the Tethyan Himalaya (Northern India). Palaeontology, 56, 5, 991–1028.

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