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Article: A carboniferous chondrichthyan assemblage from residues within a Triassic karst system at Cromhall quarry, Gloucestershire, England

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2012
Page(s): 1245 – 1263
Author(s): Claire Behan, Gordon Walken and Gilles Cuny
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BEHAN, C., WALKEN, G., CUNY, G. 2012. A carboniferous chondrichthyan assemblage from residues within a Triassic karst system at Cromhall quarry, Gloucestershire, England. Palaeontology, 55, 6, 1245–1263.

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