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Article: New species of Franchia and Protozigzagiceras (Ammonoidea, Middle Jurassic): the phyletic origin of Zigzagiceratinae

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2014
Page(s): 713 – 741
Author(s): <p>Sixto R. Fernandez-Lopez and Giulio Pavia</p>
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FERNANDEZ-LOPEZ, S.R., PAVIA, G. 2014, New species of Franchia and Protozigzagiceras (Ammonoidea, Middle Jurassic): the phyletic origin of Zigzagiceratinae. Palaeontology, 57, 4, 713–741. doi: 10.1111/pala.12084

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  • Sixto R. Fernandez-Lopez - Departamento de Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (email: sixto@geo.ucm.es)
  • Giulio Pavia - Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Torino, Italy (email: giulio.pavia@unito.it)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 14 JUL 2014
  • Article first published online: 18 NOV 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 28 SEP 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 10 MAY 2012

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