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Article: The demosponge genus Leptomitus and a new species from the Middle Cambrian of Spain

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2007
Page(s): 467 – 478
Author(s): Diego C. García-Bellido, Rodolfo Gozalo, Juan B. Chirivella Martorell and Eladio Liñán
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GARCÍA-BELLIDO, D. C., GOZALO, R., MARTORELL, J. B., LIÑÁN, E. 2007. The demosponge genus Leptomitus and a new species from the Middle Cambrian of Spain. Palaeontology, 50, 2, 467–478.

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