A Fossil Land Crab From the Late Quaternary of Jamaica (Decapoda, Brachyura, Gecarcinidae)

Crustaceana

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 824-826

  Donovan, Stephen K ^a   Dixon, Harold L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

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EID: 0005750945     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854098X00077     Document Type: Article

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