Calcified shell membranes in fossil vertebrate eggshell: Evidence for preburial diagenesis

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 723-727

  Kohring, Rolf R ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0033272853     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1999.10011184     Document Type: Article

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