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Article: New occurrences of Ichniotherium and Striatichnium from the Lower Permian Kildare Capes Formation, Prince Edward Island, Canada: palaeoenvironmental and biostratigraphic implications

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 55
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2012
Page(s): 1075 – 1090
Author(s): Kirstin S. Brink, Jessica R. Hawthorn and David C. Evans
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BRINK, K. S., HAWTHORN, J. R., EVANS, D. C. 2012. New occurrences of Ichniotherium and Striatichnium from the Lower Permian Kildare Capes Formation, Prince Edward Island, Canada: palaeoenvironmental and biostratigraphic implications. Palaeontology, 55, 5, 1075–1090.

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