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Article: Reassessment of the genus Leanchoilia (Arthropoda, Arachnomorpha) from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2007
Page(s): 693 – 709
Author(s): Diego C. García-Bellido and Desmond Collins
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GARCÍA-BELLIDO, D. C., COLLINS, D. 2007. Reassessment of the genus Leanchoilia (Arthropoda, Arachnomorpha) from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, British Columbia, Canada. Palaeontology, 50, 3, 693–709.

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