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Article: The oldest horseshoe crab: a new xiphosurid from Late Ordovician Konservat-Lagerstätten deposits, Manitoba, Canada

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2008
Page(s): 1 – 9
Author(s): David M. Rudkin, Graham A. Young and Godfrey S. Nowlan
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RUDKIN, D. M., YOUNG, G. A., NOWLAN, G. S. 2008. The oldest horseshoe crab: a new xiphosurid from Late Ordovician Konservat-Lagerstätten deposits, Manitoba, Canada. Palaeontology, 51, 1, 1–9.

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