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Article: Upper Givetian and Frasnian (Middle and Upper Devonian) conodonts from Ampriu (Aragonian Pyrenees, Spain): global correlations and palaeogeographic relations

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2012
Page(s): 819 – 842
Author(s): Jau-Chyn Liao and José I. Valenzuela-Ríos
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LIAO, J., VALENZUELA-RÍOS, J. I. 2012. Upper Givetian and Frasnian (Middle and Upper Devonian) conodonts from Ampriu (Aragonian Pyrenees, Spain): global correlations and palaeogeographic relations. Palaeontology, 55, 4, 819–842.

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