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Article: Fossil water-penny beetles (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Eubrianacinae) from the Eocene of Europe, with remarks on their phylogenetic position and biogeography

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2011
Page(s): 965 980
Author(s): S. Wedmann, T. Hörnschemeyer and H. Schmied
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WEDMANN, S., HÖRNSCHEMEYER, T., SCHMIED, H. 2011. Fossil water-penny beetles (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Eubrianacinae) from the Eocene of Europe, with remarks on their phylogenetic position and biogeography. Palaeontology54, 5, 965–980.

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