Article: Experimentally observed soft-tissue preservation near a marine brine seep
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
56
Part:
4
Publication Date:
July
2013
Page(s):
893
–
900
Author(s):
Bradley Deline and Karla M. Parsons-Hubbard
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