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Article: Carboniferous (Tournaisian) fish assemblages from the Isle of Bute, Scotland: systematics and palaeoecology

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2014
Page(s): 1215 – 1240
Author(s): David K. Carpenter, Howard J. Falcon-Lang, Michael J. Benton and Elsa Henderson
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CARPENTER, D.K., FALCON-LANG, H.J., BENTON, M.J., HENDERSON, E. 2014. Carboniferous (Tournaisian) fish assemblages from the Isle of Bute, Scotland: systematics and palaeoecology. Palaeontology, 57, 6, 1215-1240.

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  • David K. Carpenter - School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK (email: dkc1g12@soton.ac.uk)
  • David K. Carpenter - Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, Southampton, UK
  • Howard J. Falcon-Lang - Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, Egham, Surrey, UK  (email: h.falcon-lang@es.rhul.ac.uk)
  • Michael J. Benton - School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK (email: mike.benton@bristol.ac.uk)
  • Elsa Henderson - Rosemount, Ascog, Isle of Bute, UK (email: elizabethhenderson4@gmail.com)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 25 NOV 2014
  • Article first published online: 5 MAY 2014
  • Manuscript Accepted: 11 MAR 2014
  • Manuscript Received: 22 JUL 2012

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