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Two new species of Dunkleosteus Lehman, 1956, from the Ohio Shale Formation (USA, Famennian) and the Kettle Point Formation (Canada, Upper Devonian), and a cladistic analysis of the Eubrachythoraci (Placodermi, Arthrodira)

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Carr, Robert K., Hlavin, William J. (2010): Two new species of Dunkleosteus Lehman, 1956, from the Ohio Shale Formation (USA, Famennian) and the Kettle Point Formation (Canada, Upper Devonian), and a cladistic analysis of the Eubrachythoraci (Placodermi, Arthrodira). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159 (1): 195-222, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00578.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00578.x

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