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Article: Starfish diversity in the Wenlock of England

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2007
Page(s): 1211 – 1229
Author(s): Liam G. Herringshaw, Alan T. Thomas and M. Paul Smith
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HERRINGSHAW, L. G., THOMAS, A. T., SMITH, M. 2007. Starfish diversity in the Wenlock of England. Palaeontology, 50, 5, 1211–1229.

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