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Climate-driven diversity changes of Mediterranean echinoids over the last 6 Ma

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Borghi, Enrico, Garilli, Vittorio (2022): Climate-driven diversity changes of Mediterranean echinoids over the last 6 Ma. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 67 (4): 781-805, DOI: 10.4202/app.00993.2022, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00993.2022

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