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Article: A cautionary tale: razor shells, acorn barnacles and palaeoecology

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2007
Page(s): 1479 1484
Author(s): Stephen K. Donovan
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DONOVAN, S. K. 2007. A cautionary tale: razor shells, acorn barnacles and palaeoecology. Palaeontology50, 6, 1479–1484.

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