Article: Magnesium-rich intralensar structures in schizochroal trilobite eyes
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
50
Part:
5
Publication Date:
September
2007
Page(s):
1031
–
1037
Author(s):
Martin R. Lee, Clare Torney and Alan W. Owen
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