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Article: Rotatory colonies of the corals Siderastrea radians and Solenastraea ssp. (Cnidaria, Scleractinia), from the Pleistocene Bermont Formation, south Florida, USA

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2009
Page(s): 111 126
Author(s): James E. Sorauf and Peter J. Harries
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SORAUF, J. E., HARRIES, P. J. 2009. Rotatory colonies of the corals Siderastrea radians and Solenastraea ssp. (Cnidaria, Scleractinia), from the Pleistocene Bermont Formation, south Florida, USA. Palaeontology52, 1, 111–126.

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