An Early Triassic conodont with periodic growth?

Shunxin, Zhang; Aldridge, Richard J.; Donoghue, Philip C. J.

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01 May 1997

| 01 May 1997

An Early Triassic conodont with periodic growth?

Zhang Shunxin, Richard J. Aldridge, and Philip C. J. Donoghue

Zhang Shunxin

China University of Geosciences, 29 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China

Richard J. Aldridge

Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

Philip C. J. Donoghue

Department of Geology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

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