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Article: Echinoderm faunas from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) of Alexander Island, Antarctica

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2012
Page(s): 305 – 324
Author(s): Andrew B. Smith and Alistair Crame
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SMITH, A. B., CRAME, A. 2012. Echinoderm faunas from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Palaeontology, 55, 2, 305–324.

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