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Article: Endemicity and palaeobiogeography of the Osteostraci and Galeaspida: a test of scenarios of gnathostome evolution

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2009
Page(s): 1257 – 1273
Author(s): Robert S. Sansom
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SANSOM, R. S. 2009. Endemicity and palaeobiogeography of the Osteostraci and Galeaspida: a test of scenarios of gnathostome evolution. Palaeontology, 52, 6, 1257–1273.

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