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Article: Variation in growth-rate and form of a Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) oyster in England, and its environmental implications

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2007
Page(s): 1155 – 1173
Author(s): Andrew L. A. Johnson, Mark N. Liquorish and Jingeng Sha
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JOHNSON, A. L. A., LIQUORISH, M. N., SHA, J. 2007. Variation in growth-rate and form of a Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) oyster in England, and its environmental implications. Palaeontology, 50, 5, 1155–1173.

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