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Kauffman, E.G. (1986). High-resolution event stratigraphy: regional and global Cretaceous Bio-events. In: Walliser, O.H. (eds) Global Bio-Events. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0010215
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