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Article: Palaeoenvironmental implications of the ichnology and geochemistry of the Westbury Formation (Rhaetian), Westbury-on-Severn, south-west England

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2010
Page(s): 491 – 506
Author(s): Lu Allington-Jones, Simon J. Braddy and Clive N. Trueman
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ALLINGTON-JONES, L., BRADDY, S. J., TRUEMAN, C. N. 2010. Palaeoenvironmental implications of the ichnology and geochemistry of the Westbury Formation (Rhaetian), Westbury-on-Severn, south-west England. Palaeontology, 53, 3, 491–506.

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