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Article: A well-preserved isopod from the Middle Jurassic of southern Germany and implications for the isopod fossil record

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2014
Page(s): 931 – 949
Author(s): <p>Walter Etter</p>
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ETTER, W. 2014. A well-preserved isopod from the Middle Jurassic of southern Germany and implications for the isopod fossil record. Palaeontology, 57, 5, 931–949. doi: 10.1111/pala.12095

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Walter Etter - Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland (email: walter.etter@bs.ch)

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  • Issue published online: 12 SEP 2014
  • Article first published online: 21 JAN 2014
  • Manuscript Accepted: 11 DEC 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 17 MAR 2011

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