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Article: Reinterpretation of the Silurian scorpion Proscorpius osborni (Whitfield): integrating data from Palaeozoic and recent scorpions

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2008
Page(s): 303 – 320
Author(s): Jason A. Dunlop, O. Erik Tetlie and Lorenzo Prendini
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DUNLOP, J. A., TETLIE, O., PRENDINI, L. 2008. Reinterpretation of the Silurian scorpion Proscorpius osborni (Whitfield): integrating data from Palaeozoic and recent scorpions. Palaeontology, 51, 2, 303–320.

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