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Graciliblatta bella gen. et sp. n. — a rare carnivorous cockroach (Insecta, Blattida, Raphidiomimidae) from the Middle Jurassic sediments of Daohugou in Inner Mongolia, China

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Liang, Jun-Hui, Huang, Wei-Long, Ren, Dong (2012): Graciliblatta bella gen. et sp. n. — a rare carnivorous cockroach (Insecta, Blattida, Raphidiomimidae) from the Middle Jurassic sediments of Daohugou in Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 3449: 62-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214288

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