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Article: A new Silurian eurypterid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) from China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2007
Page(s): 619 – 625
Author(s): O. Erik Tetlie, Paul A. Selden and Dong Ren
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TETLIE, O., SELDEN, P. A., REN, D. 2007. A new Silurian eurypterid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) from China. Palaeontology, 50, 3, 619–625.

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