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Late Ordovician cephalopods from Morocco and their implications

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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China & University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 2. Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
  • 3. Wuhan Center, China Geological Survey, Wuhan 430205, China

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Fang, Xiang, Kröger, Björn, Liang, Kun, Chen, Qing, Song, Jiaqi, Jiang, Lan, He, Yaoyan, Wang, Chenggang, Zeng, Xiongwei, Liu, Hao, Wei, Kai, Wu, Fafu, Qie, Wenkun (2025): Late Ordovician cephalopods from Morocco and their implications. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (37) 144 (1): 1-11, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-025-00374-5, URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-025-00374-5

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