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Article: A new arthropod in chain-like associations from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Lower Cambrian), Yunnan, China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2009
Page(s): 951 – 961
Author(s): Hou Xian-Guang, Derek J. Siveter, Richard J. Aldridge and David J. Siveter
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XIAN-GUANG, H., SIVETER, D. J., ALDRIDGE, R. J., SIVETER, D. J. 2009. A new arthropod in chain-like associations from the Chengjiang Lagerstätte (Lower Cambrian), Yunnan, China. Palaeontology, 52, 4, 951–961.

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