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Article: The genus Gigantaspis Heintz, 1962 (Vertebrata, Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian of Spitsbergen

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 50
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2007
Page(s): 323 – 346
Author(s): Vincent Pernegre and Daniel Goujet
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PERNEGRE, V., GOUJET, D. 2007. The genus Gigantaspis Heintz, 1962 (Vertebrata, Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian of Spitsbergen. Palaeontology, 50, 2, 323–346.

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