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Was there 26-Myr periodicity of extinctions?

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    GEORGE ESTABROOK

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KITCHELL, J., ESTABROOK, G. Was there 26-Myr periodicity of extinctions?. Nature 321, 534–535 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/321534a0

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