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Article: Ordovician fish from the Arabian Peninsula

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2009
Page(s): 337 – 342
Author(s): Ivan J. Sansom, C. Giles Miller, Alan Heward, Neil S. Davies, Graham A. Booth, Richard A. Fortey and Florentin Paris
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SANSOM, I. J., MILLER, C., HEWARD, A., DAVIES, N. S., BOOTH, G. A., FORTEY, R. A., PARIS, F. 2009. Ordovician fish from the Arabian Peninsula. Palaeontology, 52, 2, 337–342.

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