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Article: Moulting, ontogeny and sexual dimorphism in the Cambrian ptychopariid trilobite Strenuaeva inflata from the northern Swedish Caledonides

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 3
Publication Date: May 2011
Page(s): 685 – 703
Author(s): Peter Cederström, Per Ahlberg, Carin H. Nilsson, John Ahlgren and Mats E. Eriksson
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CEDERSTRÖM, P., AHLBERG, P., NILSSON, C. H., AHLGREN, J., ERIKSSON, M. E. 2011. Moulting, ontogeny and sexual dimorphism in the Cambrian ptychopariid trilobite Strenuaeva inflata from the northern Swedish Caledonides. Palaeontology, 54, 3, 685–703.

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