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Early Eocene Caenogastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Haymana-Polatl Basin, Central Anatolia (Turkey): taxonomy and palaeoecology

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Islamoğğlu, Yeşşim, Dominio, Stefano, Kowalke, Thorsten (2011): Early Eocene Caenogastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Haymana-Polatl Basin, Central Anatolia (Turkey): taxonomy and palaeoecology. Geodiversitas 33 (2): 303-330, DOI: 10.5252/g2011n2a7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2011n2a7

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