Sporomorph assemblages from the 'lower old red sandstone' of Lorne, Scotland

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 55, Issue , 1996, Pages 41-101

  Wellman, Charles H ^a   Richardson, John B ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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