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01 May 2011
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Early Permian glacio-marine thecamoebian assemblages from the northwest Himalayas, India
Arun Kumar
Center for Petroleum and Minerals, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
Anjum Farooqui
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
Neerja Jha
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany 53 University Road, Lucknow 226007, India
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