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A Review Of The Identity And Biostratigraphy Of Cenomanian "Larger" Benthic Foraminifera: Part 2 - The Order Loftusiida (Excluding The Suborder Orbitolinina)

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Simmons, Michael, Bidgood, Michael, Consorti, Lorenzo, Schlagintweit, Felix (2025): A Review Of The Identity And Biostratigraphy Of Cenomanian "Larger" Benthic Foraminifera: Part 2 - The Order Loftusiida (Excluding The Suborder Orbitolinina). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 21 (1): 103-192, DOI: 10.35463/j.apr.2025.01.07, URL: https://doi.org/10.35463/j.apr.2025.01.07

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