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Fabrication and function of ammonite septa—Comment on Lewy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Antonio G. Checa
Antonio G. Checa*
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Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, Avenida Fuentenueva, 18071 Granada, Spain,
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 77 , Issue 4 , July 2003 , pp. 790 - 791
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