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Palaeobotany

First evidence of Ricciaceae in the Jurassic of the Iberian Peninsula (Asturias, NW Spain): Ricciopsis asturicus sp. nov

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Pages 557-567 | Received 09 Mar 2022, Accepted 09 Sep 2022, Published online: 27 Sep 2022

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