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Article: An Ordovician lobopodian from the Soom Shale Lagerstätte, South Africa

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2009
Page(s): 561 – 567
Author(s): Rowan J. Whittle, Sarah E. Gabbott, Richard J. Aldridge and Johannes Theron
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WHITTLE, R. J., GABBOTT, S. E., ALDRIDGE, R. J., THERON, J. 2009. An Ordovician lobopodian from the Soom Shale Lagerstätte, South Africa. Palaeontology, 52, 3, 561–567.

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