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Warrington, G. 2017. Triassic Literature 12 Albertiana 44 Triassic Literature TRIASSIC LITERATURE – 2015 Geoffrey Warrington Honorary Visiting Fellow, Department of Geology, University of Leicester, LE1 7RG, UK Email: [email protected] This compilation is based on the contents of over 500 serial Journal of the Geological Society of India, 85(5): 591–603. titles and other publications. It is a continuation of the New Allard, H., Carpenter, S.C., Duffin, C.J. & Benton, M.J. 2015. Triassic Literature contributions that appeared in Albertiana Microvertebrates from the classic Rhaetian bone beds of up to April 2016 (43: 33–65), and includes items dated 2015, Manor Farm Quarry, near Aust (Bristol, UK). Proceedings together with some pre-2015 titles that were not included in of the Geologists’ Association, 126(6): 762–776. earlier compilations. Ambrose, K. & Kingston, G. 2015. Dorket Head Brickworks. Mercian Geologist, 18(4): 264–265. Abbo, A., Avigad, D., Gerdes, A. & Güngör, T. 2015. 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