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Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Ordovician brachiopods from northeastern Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen 3076

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Hansen, Jesper, Holmer, Lars E. (2011): Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of Ordovician brachiopods from northeastern Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen 3076. Zootaxa 3076 (1): 1-122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3076.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3076.1.1

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