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Article: Crossing the boundary: an elasmobranch fauna from Stevns Klint, Denmark

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2014
Page(s): 591 – 629
Author(s): <p>Jan S. Adolfssen&nbsp;and David J. Ward</p>
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ADOLFSSEN, J.S. and WARD, D.J., 2014, Crossing the boundary: an elasmobranch fauna from Stevns Klint, Denmark. Palaeontology, 57, 3, 591–629. doi: 10.1111/pala.12079

Author Information

  • Jan S. Adolfssen - Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen University, 1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark (email: (jsadolfssen@snm.ku.dk)
  • David J. Ward - Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK (email: djw@nhm.ac.uk)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 7 MAY 2014
  • Article first published online: 11 NOV 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 9 AUG 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 21 NOV 2012

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GeoCenter Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

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