A review of the ammonite faunas and standard zonation of the Hettangian and Lower Sinemurian succession (Lower Jurassic) of the east Devon coast (south west England)

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 293-303

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^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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