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The Conodonta - palaeobiology and evolutionary history of a major Palaeozoic chordate group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

M. P. Smith
M. P. Smith
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Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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Geological Magazine , Volume 127 , Issue 4 , July 1990 , pp. 365 - 369
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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