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Article: Microconchid tubeworms across the upper Frasnian – lower Famennian interval in the Central Devonian Field, Russia

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2011
Page(s): 1455 – 1473
Author(s): Michal Zaton and Wojciech Krawczynski
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ZATON, M., KRAWCZYNSKI, W. 2011. Microconchid tubeworms across the upper Frasnian – lower Famennian interval in the Central Devonian Field, Russia. Palaeontology, 54, 6, 1455–1473.

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