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Article: A new coral-associated decapod assemblage from the Upper Miocene (Messinian) Upper Coralline Limestone of Malta (Central Mediterranean)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2010
Page(s): 1315 – 1348
Author(s): Michael Gatt and Antonio de Angeli
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GATT, M., DE ANGELI, A. 2010. A new coral-associated decapod assemblage from the Upper Miocene (Messinian) Upper Coralline Limestone of Malta (Central Mediterranean). Palaeontology, 53, 6, 1315–1348.

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