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Article: Early evolution of Declinognathodus close to the Mid-Carboniferous Boundary interval in the Barcaliente type section (Spain)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2013
Page(s): 927 – 946
Author(s): Javier Sanz-López and Silvia Blanco-Ferrera
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SANZ-LPEZ, J., BLANCO-FERRERA, S. 2013. Early evolution of Declinognathodus close to the Mid-Carboniferous Boundary interval in the Barcaliente type section (Spain). Palaeontology, 56, 5, 927–946.

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