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Paleofloristic assemblage from the Paleogene Río Guillermo Formation, Argentina: preliminary results of phylogenetic relationships of Nothofagus in South America

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Pages 93-107 | Received 11 Nov 2015, Accepted 26 Dec 2015, Published online: 01 Feb 2016

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