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New, large actinopterygian fishes from the upper Carboniferous of Nýřany, Czech Republic

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Barták, Pavel, Ivanov, Martin, Tihlaříková, Eva, Olbert, Martin, Neděla, Vilém (2024): New, large actinopterygian fishes from the upper Carboniferous of Nýřany, Czech Republic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69 (3): 501-522, DOI: 10.4202/app.01162.2024, URL: https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01162.2024

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