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Article: Cladistic analysis of the suborder Conulariina Miller and Gurley, 1896 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa; Vendian–Triassic)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2008
Page(s): 649 – 662
Author(s): Juliana de Moraes Leme, Marcello Guimarães Simões, Antonio Carlos Marques and Heyo Van Iten
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DE LEME, J., SIMÕES, M., MARQUES, A., ITEN, H. 2008. Cladistic analysis of the suborder Conulariina Miller and Gurley, 1896 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa; Vendian–Triassic). Palaeontology, 51, 3, 649–662.

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