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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Fedonkin, Mikhail A. (16 March 2007). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. ISBN 9780801886799 . Retrieved 27 June 2022– via Google Books.