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A new stethacanthid chondrichthyan from the lower Carboniferous of Bearsden, Scotland

M. I. Coates Department of Biology, University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, the University of Chicago, 1027 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60637-1508
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S. E. K. Sequeira Department of Biology, University College London, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; Department of Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom
Pages 438-459 | Received 10 Jun 2000, Accepted 04 Jan 2001, Published online: 24 Aug 2010

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