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Article: Adaptive radiation in the fossil record: a case study among Jurassic ammonoids

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2013
Page(s): 1247 – 1261
Author(s): Pascal Neige, Guillaume Dera and Jean-Louis Dommergues
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NEIGE, P., DERA, G., DOMMERGUES, J. 2013. Adaptive radiation in the fossil record: a case study among Jurassic ammonoids. Palaeontology, 56, 6, 1247–1261.

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