Jaws of late cretaceous placenticeratid ammonites: How preservation affects the interpretation of morphology

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3500, 2006, Pages 1-48

  Landman, Neil H ^a   Tsujita, Cameron J ^b   Cobban, William A ^c,d   Larson, Neal L ^e   Tanabe, Kazushige ^f   Flemming, Roberta L ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Division of Paleontology (Invertebrates)

^d Black Hills Museum of Natural History ^*  (United States)

^e Black Hills Museum of Natural History   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 33744456056     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)500[0001:JOLCPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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