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First Record of Anisoptera (Insecta: Odonata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber
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Schädel, Mario, Bechly, Günter (2016): First Record of Anisoptera (Insecta: Odonata) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber. Zootaxa 4103 (6): 537-549, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.6.4
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