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A reassessment of the Cretaceous amber deposits from France and their palaeontological significance

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Perrichot, Vincent, Néraudeau, Didier, Nel, André, Ploëg, Gaël de (2007): A reassessment of the Cretaceous amber deposits from France and their palaeontological significance. African Invertebrates 48 (1): 213, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7668107

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