A CAUTIONARY TALE: RAZOR SHELLS, ACORN BARNACLES AND PALAEOECOLOGY
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عنوان ژورنال: Palaeontology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0031-0239,1475-4983
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00717.x