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(A) Paleogeographic reconstruction of the western Tethys region during the Aptian (after88). (B) Aptian palaeogeography ot the Kazhdumi Intrashelf Basin with the location of the studied outcrop section modified from43. Figure 1 was originally generated in CorelDraw X7 by Abdus Saboor (co-author).