Graptolite synrhabdosomes: Biological or taphonomic entities?

Paleobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-48

  Gutiérrez Marco, Juan Carlos ^a   Lenz, Alfred C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0031867946     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300019953     Document Type: Article

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