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Article: Scale and Hierarchy in Macroevolution

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2007
Page(s): 87 – 109
Author(s): David Jablonski
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JABLONSKI, D. 2007. Scale and Hierarchy in Macroevolution. Palaeontology, 50, 1, 87–109.

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