Why the Ammonites snuffed it

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 103-111

  Wells, Martin ^a  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonite; Cephalopoda; Evolution; Mollusca

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPOD; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXTINCTION;

AMMONOIDEA; CEPHALOPODA; COLEOIDEA; MOLLUSCA; NAUTILUS;

EID: 0032721298     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236249909379042     Document Type: Article

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