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Structural, functional, and physiological signals in ichthyosaur vertebral centrum microanatomy and histology

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Houssaye, Alexandra, Nakajima, Yasuhisa, Sander, Martin (2018): Structural, functional, and physiological signals in ichthyosaur vertebral centrum microanatomy and histology. Geodiversitas 40 (7): 161-170, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2018v40a7

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