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Article: Dark bands on pyritic internal moulds of the Early Jurassic ammonites Oxynoticeras and Cheltonia from Gloucestershire, England: interpretation and significance to ammonite growth analysis

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2011
Page(s): 1213 – 1221
Author(s): Christopher R. C. Paul
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PAUL, C. R. C. 2011. Dark bands on pyritic internal moulds of the Early Jurassic ammonites Oxynoticeras and Cheltonia from Gloucestershire, England: interpretation and significance to ammonite growth analysis. Palaeontology, 54, 6, 1213–1221.

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