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Article: Life cycles, plasticity and palaeoecology in temnospondyl amphibians

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2014
Page(s): 517 – 529
Author(s): <p>Rainer R. Schoch</p>
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SCHOCH, R. R.. 2014, Life cycles, plasticity and palaeoecology in temnospondyl amphibians. Palaeontology, 57, 3, 517–529. doi: 10.1111/pala.12100

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  • Issue published online: 7 MAY 2014
  • Article first published online: 17 MAR 2014
  • Manuscript Accepted: 30 DEC 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 6 OCT 2013

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