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Article: Testing the protozoan hypothesis for Ediacaran fossils: a developmental analysis of Palaeopascichnus

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2011
Page(s): 1157 – 1175
Author(s): Jonathon B. Antcliffe, Andrew J. Gooday and Martin D. Brasier
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ANTCLIFFE, J. B., GOODAY, A. J., BRASIER, M. D. 2011. Testing the protozoan hypothesis for Ediacaran fossils: a developmental analysis of Palaeopascichnus. Palaeontology, 54, 5, 1157–1175.

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