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Article: New octopods (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Late Cretaceous (Upper Cenomanian) of Hâkel and Hâdjoula, Lebanon

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2009
Page(s): 65 – 81
Author(s): Dirk Fuchs, Giacomo Bracchi and Robert Weis
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FUCHS, D., BRACCHI, G., WEIS, R. 2009. New octopods (Cephalopoda: Coleoidea) from the Late Cretaceous (Upper Cenomanian) of Hâkel and Hâdjoula, Lebanon. Palaeontology, 52, 1, 65–81.

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