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Devonian vertebrates from East Greenland: a review of faunal composition and distribution

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  • 1. Subdepartment of Evolutionary Organismal Biology, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36 Uppsala (Sweden) Henning.Blom@ebc.uu.se
  • 2. University Museum of Zoology Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ (UK) j.a.clack@cam.ac.uk
  • 3. Subdepartment of Evolutionary Organismal Biology, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18A, SE-752 36 Uppsala (Sweden) Per.Ahlberg@ebc.uu.se
  • 4. Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Culver Hall, University of Chicago, 1025 E 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637 (USA) mattf@uchicago.edu

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Blom, Henning, Clack, Jennifer A., Ahlberg, Per E., Friedman, Matt (2007): Devonian vertebrates from East Greenland: a review of faunal composition and distribution. Geodiversitas 29 (1): 119-141, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5375290

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