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Article: An oribatid mite (Arachnida: Acari) from the Oxford Clay (Jurassic: Upper Callovian) of South Cave Station Quarry, Yorkshire, UK

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2008
Page(s): 623 – 633
Author(s): Paul A. Selden, Anne S. Baker and Kenneth J. Phipps
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SELDEN, P. A., BAKER, A. S., PHIPPS, K. J. 2008. An oribatid mite (Arachnida: Acari) from the Oxford Clay (Jurassic: Upper Callovian) of South Cave Station Quarry, Yorkshire, UK. Palaeontology, 51, 3, 623–633.

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