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Research Articles

Biodiversity and palaeoecology of Foulden Maar: an early Miocene Konservat-Lagerstätte deposit in southern New Zealand

Pages 525-541 | Received 04 Feb 2016, Accepted 21 Jun 2016, Published online: 11 Aug 2016

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