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Article: The origin of pterygotid eurypterids (Chelicerata: Eurypterida)

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 52
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2009
Page(s): 1141 – 1148
Author(s): O. Erik Tetlie and Derek E. G. Briggs
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TETLIE, O., BRIGGS, D. E. G. 2009. The origin of pterygotid eurypterids (Chelicerata: Eurypterida). Palaeontology, 52, 5, 1141–1148.

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