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Article: Ammonoid shell structures of primary organic composition

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2007
Page(s): 1463 – 1478
Author(s): Christian Klug, Thomas Brühwiler, Dieter Korn, Günter Schweigert, Arnaud Brayard and John Tilsley
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KLUG, C., BRÃœHWILER, T., KORN, D., SCHWEIGERT, G., BRAYARD, A., TILSLEY, J. 2007. Ammonoid shell structures of primary organic composition. Palaeontology, 50, 6, 1463–1478.

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