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Article: Palaeobiology of the Climactichnites tracemaker

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2009
Page(s): 753 – 778
Author(s): Patrick R. Getty and James W. Hagadorn
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GETTY, P. R., HAGADORN, J. W. 2009. Palaeobiology of the Climactichnites tracemaker. Palaeontology, 52, 4, 753–778.

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