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Article: Microvertebrate biostratigraphy of Upper Devonian (Frasnian) carbonate rocks in the Canning and Carnarvon basins of Western Australia

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2009
Page(s): 641 – 659
Author(s): Kate Trinajstic and Annette D. George
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TRINAJSTIC, K., GEORGE, A. D. 2009. Microvertebrate biostratigraphy of Upper Devonian (Frasnian) carbonate rocks in the Canning and Carnarvon basins of Western Australia. Palaeontology, 52, 3, 641–659.

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