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Article: A Triassic seed with an angiosperm-like wind dispersal mechanism

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2013
Page(s): 1173 1177
Author(s): Brian J. Axsmith, Nicholas C. Fraser and Taryn Corso
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AXSMITH, B. J., FRASER, N. C., CORSO, T. 2013. A Triassic seed with an angiosperm-like wind dispersal mechanism. Palaeontology56, 5, 1173–1177.

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