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Article: A new tristichopterid (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Famennian Evieux Formation (Upper Devonian) of Belgium

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2009
Page(s): 823 – 836
Author(s): Gaël Clement, Daniel Snitting and Per Erik Ahlberg
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CLEMENT, G., SNITTING, D., AHLBERG, P. 2009. A new tristichopterid (Sarcopterygii, Tetrapodomorpha) from the Upper Famennian Evieux Formation (Upper Devonian) of Belgium. Palaeontology, 52, 4, 823–836.

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