The Origin and Relationships of Early Chondrichthyans

Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3-29

  Grogan, Eileen D ^a   Lund, Richard ^b   Greenfest Allen, Emily ^c  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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