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Article: A quantitative evaluation of evolutionary patterns in opercle bone shape in Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2013
Page(s): 901 – 915
Author(s): Laura A. B. Wilson, Heinz Furrer, Rudolf Stockar and Marcelo R. Sánchez-Villagra
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WILSON, L. A. B., FURRER, H., STOCKAR, R., SNCHEZ-VILLAGRA, M. R. 2013. A quantitative evaluation of evolutionary patterns in opercle bone shape in Saurichthys (Actinopterygii: Saurichthyidae). Palaeontology, 56, 4, 901–915.

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