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A new genus, Palaeoellipsoides gen. nov., and three new species, Palaeoellipsoides convexocylindratus sp. nov., P. planoconvexus sp. nov., and Palaeodiscaleksus shuldakensis sp. nov. of Givetian radiolarians from the Kurkuduk and Shuldak formations on the Shuldak River (western Mugodzhary) are described.
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Original Russian Text © M.S. Afanasieva, E.O. Amon, 2012, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2012, No. 6, pp. 3–6.
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Afanasieva, M.S., Amon, E.O. New Middle Devonian radiolarians from western Mugodzhary. Paleontol. J. 46, 549–551 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030112060020
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