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Article: Revision of the genus Acrochordiceras Hyatt, 1877 (Ammonoidea, Middle Triassic): morphology, biometry, biostratigraphy and intra-specific variability

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2010
Page(s): 961 – 996
Author(s): Claude Monnet, Hugo Bucher, Martin Wasmer and Jean Guex
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MONNET, C., BUCHER, H., WASMER, M., GUEX, J. 2010. Revision of the genus Acrochordiceras Hyatt, 1877 (Ammonoidea, Middle Triassic): morphology, biometry, biostratigraphy and intra-specific variability. Palaeontology, 53, 5, 961–996.

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