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Article: Katian (Upper Ordovician) conodonts from Wales

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2014
Page(s): 801 – 831
Author(s): <p>Annalisa Ferretti, Stig M. Bergstr&ouml;m and Christopher R. Barnes</p>
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FERRETTI, A., BERGSTRÖM, S. M., BARNES, C. R. 2014, Katian (Upper Ordovician) conodonts from Wales. Palaeontology, 57, 4, 801–831. doi: 10.1111/pala.12089

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  • Annalisa Ferretti - Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Modena, Italy (email: ferretti@unimore.it)
  • Stig M. Bergström - Division of Earth History, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA (email: bergstrom.1@osu.edu)
  • Christopher R. Barnes - School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada (email: crbarnes@uvic.ca)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 14 JUL 2014
  • Article first published online: 20 DEC 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 4 NOV 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 3 JUL 2013

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