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Article: Quality of the Triassic-Jurassic bivalve fossil record in northwest Europe

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2008
Page(s): 1213 1223
Author(s): Luke Mander and Richard J. Twitchett
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MANDER, L., TWITCHETT, R. J. 2008. Quality of the Triassic-Jurassic bivalve fossil record in northwest Europe. Palaeontology51, 6, 1213–1223.

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