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Article: Chondrichthyans from a Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) bonebed, Saskatchewan, Canada

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2010
Page(s): 903 – 944
Author(s): Charlie J. Underwood and Stephen L. Cumbaa
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UNDERWOOD, C. J., CUMBAA, S. L. 2010. Chondrichthyans from a Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) bonebed, Saskatchewan, Canada. Palaeontology, 53, 4, 903–944.

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