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The equisetalean Iberisetum wegeneri gen. nov., sp. nov. from the Upper Pennsylvanian of Portugal

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Pages 3495-3505 | Received 23 Nov 2020, Accepted 07 Jan 2021, Published online: 03 Feb 2021

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