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Research Papers

Paleodictyon from a nearshore paleoenvironmental setting in the Guadalupian (Middle Permian) of the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

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Pages 453-467 | Received 28 Nov 2009, Accepted 19 Mar 2010, Published online: 17 May 2010

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