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Article: A new homosporous, arborescent lycopsid from the Middle Devonian of Xinjiang, Northwest China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2012
Page(s): 957 – 966
Author(s): Hong-He Xu, Yi Wang and Qi Wang
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XU, H., WANG, Y., WANG, Q. 2012. A new homosporous, arborescent lycopsid from the Middle Devonian of Xinjiang, Northwest China. Palaeontology, 55, 5, 957–966.

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