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Article: Scleritome construction, biofacies, biostratigraphy and systematics of the tommotiid Eccentrotheca helenia sp. nov. from the Early Cambrian of South Australia

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2011
Page(s): 253 – 286
Author(s): Christian B. Skovsted, Glenn A. Brock, Timothy P. Topper, John R. Paterson and Lars E. Holmer
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SKOVSTED, C. B., BROCK, G. A., TOPPER, T. P., PATERSON, J. R., HOLMER, L. E. 2011. Scleritome construction, biofacies, biostratigraphy and systematics of the tommotiid Eccentrotheca helenia sp. nov. from the Early Cambrian of South Australia. Palaeontology, 54, 2, 253–286.

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