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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allfileusages gafcontinue="Batioladinium1.jpg|4152" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="4051" ns="0" title="Barssidinium" />
      <page pageid="4052" ns="0" title="Barssidinium evangelineae" />
      <page pageid="4057" ns="0" title="Barssidinium wrennii" />
      <page pageid="4060" ns="0" title="Batiacasphaera" />
      <page pageid="4077" ns="0" title="Batiacasphaera compta" />
      <page pageid="4100" ns="0" title="Batiacasphaera hirsuta" />
      <page pageid="4111" ns="0" title="Batiacasphaera micropapillata" />
      <page pageid="4140" ns="0" title="Batiacasphaera sphaerica" />
      <page pageid="15808" ns="0" title="DRAWING FORMAT" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>