Fossil and recent eggshell in amniotic vertebrates: Fine structure, comparative morphology and classification

Special Papers in Palaeontology

Volumn 56, Issue , 1997, Pages 1-76

  Mikhailov, K E ^a  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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