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Three novel species of Bacillariophyta (Diatoms) in the genera Surirella and Thalassiosira from Pleistocene Paleolake Lorenyang (~2 - 1.6 Ma) Turkana Basin, Kenya

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  • 1. Department of Earth and Environmental Systems, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809, USA
  • 2. Department of Geosciences, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York 13323, USA

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Brindle, Matthew, Mohan, Joseph, Beck, Catherine, Stone, Jeffery R. (2018): Three novel species of Bacillariophyta (Diatoms) in the genera Surirella and Thalassiosira from Pleistocene Paleolake Lorenyang (~2 - 1.6 Ma) Turkana Basin, Kenya. Phytotaxa 371 (3): 230-240, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.371.3.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.371.3.6

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