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FROM the stratigraphically condensed limestones of the West Sicilian Jurassic, which overlie a white Trias-Lias reefoid facies, Wendt recorded fossil ferromanganese nodules1.
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JENKYNS, H. Fossil Manganese Nodules from Sicily. Nature 216, 673–674 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216673a0
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