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Article: Early Llandovery chitinozoans from Jordan

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2009
Page(s): 593 – 629
Author(s): Anthony Butcher
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BUTCHER, A. 2009. Early Llandovery chitinozoans from Jordan. Palaeontology, 52, 3, 593–629.

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