Palaeoecology of a hypersaline Carboniferous ostracod fauna

Dewey, Chris P.

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01 Nov 1987

| 01 Nov 1987

Palaeoecology of a hypersaline Carboniferous ostracod fauna

Chris P. Dewey

Department of Geology and Geography, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, U.S.A

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