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Article: The braincase of the Middle Triassic shark Acronemus tuberculatus (Bassani, 1886)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2011
Page(s): 417 – 428
Author(s): John G. Maisey
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MAISEY, J. G. 2011. The braincase of the Middle Triassic shark Acronemus tuberculatus (Bassani, 1886). Palaeontology, 54, 2, 417–428.

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