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Article: Species, speciation and palaeontology up to the Modern Synthesis: persistent themes and unanswered questions

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2013
Page(s): 1199 – 1223
Author(s): Warren D. Allmon
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ALLMON, W. D. 2013. Species, speciation and palaeontology up to the Modern Synthesis: persistent themes and unanswered questions. Palaeontology, 56, 6, 1199–1223.

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