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Article: A revision of the fossil pirate spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Mimetidae)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2009
Page(s): 779 – 802
Author(s): Danilo Harms and Jason A. Dunlop
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HARMS, D., DUNLOP, J. A. 2009. A revision of the fossil pirate spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Mimetidae). Palaeontology, 52, 4, 779–802.

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