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Article: Caradoc strophomenoid and plectambonitoid brachiopods from Wales and the Welsh Borderland

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 53
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2010
Page(s): 1155 – 1200
Author(s): L. Robin M. Cocks
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COCKS, L. M. 2010. Caradoc strophomenoid and plectambonitoid brachiopods from Wales and the Welsh Borderland. Palaeontology, 53, 5, 1155–1200.

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