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Article: Systematic description and phylogenetic affinity of tubular microfossils from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation at Weng'an, South China

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 51
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2008
Page(s): 339 – 366
Author(s): Pengju Liu, Shuhai Xiao, Chongyu Yin, Chuanming Zhou, Linzhi Gao and Feng Tang
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LIU, P., XIAO, S., YIN, C., ZHOU, C., GAO, L., TANG, F. 2008. Systematic description and phylogenetic affinity of tubular microfossils from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation at Weng'an, South China. Palaeontology, 51, 2, 339–366.

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