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- ↑ Long, John & Young, Gavin. Sharks from the Middle-Late Devonian Aztec Siltstone, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 287-308 (1995).
- ↑ Burrow, Carole & Long, John & Trinajstic, Kate. (2009). Disarticulated acanthodian and chondrichthyan remains from the upper Middle Devonian Aztec Siltstone, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 21. 71-88. 10.1017/S0954102008001521.
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