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Lack of a high body count at the K–T boundary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

John Hunter
John Hunter*
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Department of Anatomical Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook 11794-8081
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 68 , Issue 5 , September 1994 , pp. 1158
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