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Devonian brachiopods of the orders Spiriferida and Spiriferinida of the European Russia and Transcaucasia: Systematics, shell microstructure, and microornament

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The shell microstructure and microornament of 33 species of 28 spiriferid and spiriferinid genera from the Devonian of the East European Platform (Belarus, Central, Volga–Ural subregions), southern and middle Timan, and Transcaucasia are described.

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Oleneva, N.V. Devonian brachiopods of the orders Spiriferida and Spiriferinida of the European Russia and Transcaucasia: Systematics, shell microstructure, and microornament. Paleontol. J. 50, 1207–1296 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030116110010

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