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HARZHAUSER, M., C. LATAL and W. E. PILLER (2007). "The stable isotope archive of Lake Pannon as a mirror of late Miocene climate change." Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 249 (3-4): 335-350

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HUSING, S. K., K. F. KUIPER, W. LINK, F. J. HILGEN and W. KRIJGSMAN (2009). "The upper Tortonian-lower Messinian at Monte dei Corvi (Northern Apennines, Italy): Completing a Mediterranean reference section for the Tortonian Stage." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 282 (1-4): 140-157

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KHURSEVICH, G. K., J. P. KOCIOLEK, T. IWASHITA, S. A. FEDENYA, M. I. KUZMIN, T. KAWAI, D. F. WILLIAMS, E. B. KARABANOV, A. A. PROKOPENKO and K. MINOURA (2004). "Mesodictyopsis Khursevich, Iwashita, Kociolek and Fedenya - A new genus of diatoms in the class Coscinodiscophyceae (Bacillariophyta) from Upper Miocene sediments of Lake Baikal, Siberia." Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55 (13-25): 338-357

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KRIJGSMAN, W., M. STOICA, I. VASILIEV and V. V. POPOV (2010). "Rise and fall of the Paratethys Sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 290 (1-2): 183-191

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