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First Cretaceous teleostean otolith assemblage (Arkadelphia Formation, upper Maastrichtian) from Arkansas, USA, early Gadiformes, and the Western Interior Seaway

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Stringer, Gary L., Sloan, James Carson (2023): First Cretaceous teleostean otolith assemblage (Arkadelphia Formation, upper Maastrichtian) from Arkansas, USA, early Gadiformes, and the Western Interior Seaway. PaleoBios 40 (1994): 1-39, DOI: 10.5070/P940361192., URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/ec964d66-2af3-3f39-bb44-a5383c95c9f6/

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