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Article: Spicules in Silurian tabulate corals from Canada, and implications for their affinities

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 1
Publication Date: January 2008
Page(s): 173 – 198
Author(s): Brian D. E. Chatterton, Paul Copper, Owen A. Dixon and Stacey Gibb
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CHATTERTON, B. D. E., COPPER, P., DIXON, O. A., GIBB, S. 2008. Spicules in Silurian tabulate corals from Canada, and implications for their affinities. Palaeontology, 51, 1, 173–198.

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