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ARTICLES

Dentition of Late Cretaceous shark, Ptychodus mortoni (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae)

Pages 1271-1284 | Received 30 Nov 2011, Accepted 19 Jun 2012, Published online: 31 Oct 2012

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