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Issue: Vol. 5005 No. 1: 23 Jul. 2021
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-07-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.1.7
Page range: 86-90
Abstract views: 381
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Revisiting the systematic positions of two “Notocupes” species from the Lower Cretaceous of South China (Coleoptera: Polyphaga)

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, and Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, United Kingdom
Coleoptera Polyphaga China

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